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empreinte. 

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derniAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
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symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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de  Tangle  sup^rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  i  droite. 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n^cessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  m^thode. 


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CONTENTS. 


PAOR 

The  Dastiint,  Sai.i.y  Diicr 1 

|//    The  I'uEMir.r/s  DArdiirr.K H 

A  QiEEN  or  Bohemia 20 

"IIOK^JEFI.Y    BlM.'s"    HKVENiiE 28 

The  Bei.i.e  of  Sitzzim 34 

The  Temi'Tatios  of  tiii:  Mis-iiosAUY *14 

V         "SlI.VKIl  JACiv" ^3 

'I    The  Cui-TLfi  Thadeu 63 

The  Tassixg  of  Cai.i.kmm 68 

A  Hudson's  Bay  Company  Pio 77 

The  TjOnt,  Ami  of  Untle  Sam 87 

The   Romance   of   the    Happy   Thol-oht 

Mine 1^1 

A  Lttti.e  Oame  of  Sf.ven-T'p 110 

The  Cuul  fkom  'Fiusco 118 

XKwsrAPEU  Ghost  that  Walks 133 

The  ruiMiTivE  Lovers 137 


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THE  "1)ASIIIN(;  SALLY"  DULL. 


"It  sccMi-  fn  nif  tliiit  ;i  v.hiti'  in;in  is  a  %vhit«'  m;in, 
no   niall'T   \vli«r-'   lie   ni;iv   ;"'." 

'riui-  >iiMl  a  Im-.h-.H'—  v. mil  tr  a  ^rnnip  wl;.)  sat 
ifi  the  >iii"kiiiL'  r»<<u\  of'ilir  ('■imp'iiinut.  tsvn  .lavi 
out   fp'iii   Li\'T[i'>.il   T'lr  N<Av   "*>  nrk. 

"I  .aiuiM;  iiiia_'ini."  If  Hfiil  op.  "lliat  I'vrn 
iuiiciiil:  i1m'  u"i-t  -a\aL'f  folk  a  hm!  wliii''  iiiau 
\vnuM  .xhil.ii  aiiv  l.ui  wliitc  (|iialiti.s."  'I'li.'  l..._v 
sciii.'.l  \i<  ilrli-iit  to  liii'_"T  "I,  thr  word  '-wlntf. 
II,'  ua-  a  kin.l  "l'  a  lil\-uliil.'  la. I  liini-i'lf,  and  hid 
fair  \\a>  aliii..-t  tl.r  '.-.iliir  nl"  liis  ciuaivtt.'.  lit? 
uas  imt  a  l""',!  -ailnr.  liowcviT  rmifli  of  a  litro  lie 
iiiiL'lil  !"■  Ill  "'!!'  I'  (lirrciiuti- . 

*•!  inv-miir.  <\r.  vnii  aiv  -prakini:  out  of  tlif  ful- 
n,-^  of  i\|"  riciHv."  ninarkni  a  hroir/iMl  travrlcr, 
with  -o  kind  a  voicr  tliat  it  iviiiowd  anv  -tiiii:  thoro 
mi-dit  li-'  111  th"  word,-.  "Now  \oii.  I  tak<-  it,  are 
Ipuii  New  ^■ot•k.■"  Ik'  proc.d.d.  "  1  havo  travrl.'<l 
throiiLdi  i'.unijif  aii<l  thfoir_'h  tin-  Wc-t,  but  I 
know  litllf  or  n'tliuiL'  ah.uit  tlio  Kart.Tii  State-  and 
vour  (rrcatt-^t  i-ity.  Thcrrfon'  1  iiiu-t  writi-  iiiv- 
!-.i'lf  down  an  i<rnora!iiu-.  And  >rt  I  could  tell 
vou  of  the  whitc-t  kind  of  nitn  who  have,  for  a 
jiiTiod.  <:on''  !>!  rilously  n«'ar  to  sivai,'(TV.  And  the 
raiisf?  ^Simplv  tlio  alisonc*'  of  wtiito  womrn.  To 
kiM'p  the  ni.  n  white  the  wuintu  must  slay  the  same 
color,  niv  ho\." 


mam 


^m 


The     Dashing     Sally     Duel 


Tl,<'  iTdwd  in  the  -rnokiri?  rnnm  In,,kii1  o\pr>(  t- 
nnt.  Ilifc  w  1^  a  n  iii  wlm,  tl;r\  f  r,i_'iu/<'i|  liv 
iii-!iiiit.  ciulil  t<ll  a  .'"111  i-tnrv.  Mmtv  one  was 
^\.\'\  \\  l:i'ii  thi'  li'i\'  <;iii| : 

•■W.ilild     Villi     iililul     I'i'.illu'      ll-      Snillr     ill-talUl',-, 

s-ir '" 

"U'l'll.  ]'U  fry  tn  -!iM\v  vmi  what  I  iii'  an.      It  was 

at    til"'   I'tnl    nf    the    :.'r.at    ('ai'ilnHi   ;;..|,i   cMltrtllitlt    ill 

the  -ivtii'-;  tlia'  I  i'.ii;iii  in;-. 'If  at  t'.>  littl-'  t.,\ui 
of  N'rw  W. -iiinn-;.  r.  nil  i!ir  I-'im-t  l.'is.'P,  in  r>rit- 
i-ii     ( ■nliMiilna.      I     tli'iik     thry     (  :!!■  J     the     place; 

(,)||i  cll-linnr     ll'ii.     .ill.T     IkT       l:ll.-       'i|.i-t       LTarlDlH 

niij'-1v.    N'icfnri.i     if     li'. --.'(I     rMTiinfN."    a:iil     ho 

rai-i'il  his  Imt  a-  lnfli:c(i  .i  lt !   I5rit'-',i-r  wiiu  n- 

call-  til''  111' ni"i-v  nf  that  ltjihI  W'-miii. 

"I  (Inn't  riiftjid-f  tlciv  Wire  niuri'  tlian  half  it 
(In/i'ii   uiiit.'  W'i'icn   in  I'l    pl.iri'.      I'.nt   thcro  wi-ro 

Sinrr-     nf      lliililll-.     a!,.!     I'-.fi'     Wi'lT     -mIHi'     hllllilri'd 

wliih'  mm.  L'niiil.  hail,  an  '  in,iill'i-r."i:.  W'h'Tc  tlio 
wiiiiii  n  wiTc  ( I'liciiin  .i  •'.•■  nun  iim-i!v  cnuM  ho 
o!a--i'i|  iiriili  r  thr  mi'!'!  ■  "ati'.'nrv.  'I'hia-i'  wa.s 
^'I'i'l  ill  pli'iiiv.  aril!  nmir  ulii-k.'v  wa~  ilruiik  than 
watiT.  i  wi!!  -ay  th'-  f^r  thr  whi-krv.  it  ^vas 
rciHy  L''|'>(1  -mMT,  iiiipiirtri!  hv  th^  ilM.!~..n's  I'.ay 
Cnriipany.  which  iicm  ;■  >' .  i\~.  \.,\i  lidu't  i^ct  its 
rrpial   in  the  iiiininir  ian,p~  ot'  tn-.lav. 

"Wd!.  ili'-pitc  the  aru'iiiiii'iit  nf  mv  friond  yon- 
der, white  men  iln  nd  pnicud  to  k^'p  their  pas- 
sion? iindiT  -trict  (nntii  1  in  mining'  camps.  'I'ho 
f!p>h  nih-:  'hem.  a-  i  Ir.  n  as  nut.  Wiih  onlv  five 
whito  wmnen  in  the  t  wn.  and  the-e  all  rnaVriod, 
what  wen  tin'  ntlur  chap-  to  do?  I  put  it  to  my 
<'\porien' id  f'aend  frnm  Xi-w  Vnrk.  hero,"'  and  he 
.'^rniled   kindlv. 


Ami    ( )tlKT    Stories.  3 

"Wliv."  li.'  w  nt  nil.  "th.'  tni-luti.l  nf  ono  nf  thf>'P 
Wlilt.-  WnlU.Il  -h"!  Nvliil'-  I  «■"  il'T'.  iiii.l  witliin 
ii    |'.irtiiii.'lit    >]:>■    li.hl    tiKin:.'!    a    rsrh    (li;ip    fn'iM 

C.iril .'    S!:.'  .li.ln't  i]n  it  l.r,  a\i-.-  of  lii-  .i:<'ltl.  I>nt 

jii-f  tM  .-..ip.'  111.'  nir.  !-  nf  h.ilf  a  liiiii'lr.''!  otli'T 
„i..n.  II. T  lit".  UM-  ;i  l""i'!'n  t  H  -!..•  \v.is  .1  wifo 
ii-.im.  Slio  w;i-  imt  run  iiU.iwr,!  t.)  iiiuiirn  fur 
t!ic  li'iir  (l<[>;nt' 'I.'" 

"'rhat  Mftiw  in  kc.nk  a  l'""'1  r'i,iiiv  >^t"'t-  nff  tho 
oii.'iiial  ari;uii:c  ir."   jn.t    in  aimihrr   p  1-  ■■iiL.'«'r. 

•Mil.  hut  tl;al  i-  (  niiijiarativi'lv  iiiiM  to  what  I 
li;i\,.  \,.t   tn  ti'll   'nil."  \\.!ii   nti   till'  W'l -irrii  man. 

••'rhnt't'    li'  i|l_'    -n     |rw    nl'    ihn    W  !  1  i  1 1 '    \Vnl||i'Il     It    cailie 

iiKniit  .[ui-c  naturally  tliat  tl.n  pn'iti.'-t  aiimni:  tli« 
klnntcliiii' II — n-    fi!.'     Indian     unui.Ti   arc  callfl — 

:li.!;:,.\r(!    a    L''"''\    'i'    l'    "'     pmlll  itK'tlcf.    ullirll    Wollld 

|„.  ,|iiii,.  iiiipn-r:.!.'  iMi''iT  cniHl.imn-  a>  tln'V  cM-t 
111  ti:i'  W. -I  |n-.ii\.  I'nit  \,Tv  |Vu  k!n.,t(luncn  an' 
r.  a!!v  pT'ity.  'I'ia  \  !.,i\.'  tn  wnpk  wliilr  llii'ir  rcil 
l,,r,i-  plav  Viin  mail  nf  jni-ur.'.  Naturally,  thore 
ItciiiL'  -n  iiiiicii  liriwai' T  arniiiiil.  tin'  hniian.-  bt'- 
caiiin  .'n'Hnrali/<'(I.  and  it  w.i-  easy  tn  |iirk  up  ;i 
P'l!  wniiMii  ff'r  iimr"  nr  l.—  \)i»y/.f.  'I'lii-  Itcinj:  a 
plain  ar'_Mi!iiniit.  ynii  will  ailnw  mo  to  iniiulpe  in 
plain    laiiL'tiaLM'.    1   Imp.  .  " 

"I'.v  all  m.ans.  >ir.  In  N.'w  V..rk  wv  Live  noth- 
ing' -.'.  murh  as  plain  -iin.-.li."  sii.l  tin'  younirster, 
with  a  M  ll->ali^ti'(l  air  a-  of  .)n.'  wlio  .sports  an 
(■pii.'rain. 

•MM'  four-'  tli.r.'  wcr.-'  animi;.'  tho  inhabitant;:  a 
1.,t  V. lin  wcro  roally  cnti'lcl  to  tli.'  torni  'biid 
iii.'n.*  "  cniiiiiiu.M]  »li.'  \\i-t.rn«T.  "N'nt  a  ^fw  of 
tli.'tn  wcvf  fuL'itiv.-  fmiii  San  l->an<-i>i-o.  Others 
were  «sfai..'.l    ;l.'-pi  r.;.k.»-   fn)iii  otluT   State?,  and 


4  The    Dashini?    Sally    Dud 

Fomo  (Hi-lit  to  l:;ivr'  ]u,n  HTviriir  ti;n<'  in  jail^  in 
K-i-t.Tii  CariiKlji.  'I'll.  IV  WiTv  ;iNm  hn-ht,  <Mrii.'-t, 
<-I('V(T.  lm~tliiiL'  f.llM«-  from  li,,th  h.Ips  ni  ih,' 
'nninidirv  line.  « lin  h.i,!  h.vn  attrartr,!  to  l',riti-h 
<'<i!iimi>i,-i  hv  the  ta!,  -  nf  ^,,1,1  ,.,,nl  ihr  Inr,.  ,,r  a-l- 
];''''i""'''-  '>'"i  '"ii!''ii"l  r\j„.,-t  niu.!i  friiii  the 
f'Tiia-r.  iMii,  if  „iv  \,,,.n.'  fn-n.r<  ar-iini.  iil  ImMs 
^"""'.  '!"•  I'l"'  r  da."  .M,i|,!  ,„,\,  ,.  ,!,,  ;i,,vi!iii;  r  -iiar, 
^■''''i"<  '\^1"''  •'  I  .iMi  I.miihI  t,,  ,•,,!,(■,.,..  |i,,u..\,.r, 
iliat  .vrn  tlav  v.nv  Ki,.un  t,,  fall  wh,  u  th.av  was 
;i  woman  in  1  rr  (  a-i'. 

"Mv  frir,,,!.  Mr.  | ..  \\\  ll,^r^ri„,_  ,,,,i|^.  ,„„,  ,^f 
<ho  .-(•miiiio  -uhi;,.  i,;.,,-  nf,  rro.l  to  l,v  'i!i,.  ..,.,1- 
ll'-riian  yomlrr.  ha-  r.. .  ,iil\  [,iil,li-!:,.,|  ;,  f,.^  ,,~.,i^ 
rciiiini-ciirr-  i„  u|,i,l,  I:,:  t.  !N  ,,f  a  ,li„.i  |„.:\v,',.n 
•^f"'  "'  ''"■  ■''■!'!  "Hn"  frMiii  Cilifnrriia  ami  a  vouii"- 
t-U'V  from    Kii-ian.l.      'I'l,,.  i,,,,,.,.  ^y.,,,  ^i,,,^   ,1,,,  ,,,7|^ 

tli<'  li"arf.  and  lii<  miir.i.  i-r  o-<mj„.,|  ,,tily  t-  ~o 
«'Xo(aitc,i  in  San  FraraiMM.  '|'|i,.  -torv  1  'jiavo  to 
toll  yon  nfors  m  aiiotlior  iiir,  lin^'.  llir  <'onsiM)Urnc,'< 
of  whicl)  uvro  nni  .,,  .-,  ri..,;-.  |,,it  a  woman  was  al-o 
at  tlic  liotinm  of  tlii-  in  !;!,!,..■* 

"Oil,,  of  til,,-,.  kl(i,,t(lini.  II.  as  voii  (.all  tlicm^" 
Fair]    th..    .\,w    V,irkor. 

"'.)uit.'   ri,-lit.   my   l,.iv.      It    was    on,.    ,,r    tlio-o 
klootclimcn  wh,,  >tart,  ,1  li.,-  i,.,tli,.r.  and  not  a  .'.„>,|- 

l^"''^'!".^'  01 ithcr.      If  ynii  w,.n>  fo  -.,■  ,,,1..  nf  !„>r 

flas<  now  v,,ii  woiiM  [,111  h.-r  down  as  a  rak,T 
nnioni:  tlu>  (iltli  and  -arha-.'  of  your  .-itv's  Lnit'tfi--. 
But  in  (.»n.>,.n,d„,r,i"  in  1m;i  shf'was  a  woman,  an^j 
tliorcforo  to  l,,-  cmrtcd. 

'^Now  two  of  my  o!,i  pion^or  fri.'iid-  allow.'d 
tlinr  lovo  t,)  wander  In  i-  wav  hecaii-.  there  wa-  no 
white  woman  near  to  whom"  they  could  pay  h,ju,jr- 


^"m&S^^^  /ji;.: 


And    Otiicr    Stories. 


nil'"  ,ilf'"it:(i:i.  'I'!;i'v  wen'  two  :i-  linnonilili'  incn 
::>  .  vi|-  lir^  ,ii:!.'il,  !ni!  ;ii  (,iii.-  n-ti'ipi'  \\\<'y  fnii.iucil 
iiic  LTo-i"  i  .HTiii'('ii_'  til  'ri'MiiiiN  Mi'iifr,  aiiil  ucri? 
MiiHliLT  I!m'-''  who  liioiiiriit  11  ~W(cl  ti>  rr:iii'!iili'T 
t!i.i;  "wl"  !-''"'r  ^^'•  r<i\<'.  wc  ;im'  -iui'  In  timi  -mn"- 
tlii!i.r  hli--riil  .ii;il   ili;!!-.  ;iiiii   i:i:ii   will!!   v.i"!-'-   r->.r 

fpllll  ill''  lip-  iVi'  |ii\i-.  \U>"\i'  jii;t  to  IhMl.i'  InVr  to 
tl;r     |i|i-     W'    ;|ri-     |;iM!-.'         I'.llt     \\r     !  Ii  HI  i )!'  -"Vli  ■     |iart. 

v,.i-  t!i:it  l!:('\  ihitli  i\'  -I'll!  Ill  iii.iki'  Iii\<'  .-r  ;':;''  -uiu' 
t!iii.'  to  tiif  -MMi-  lip-  tiiM  \MTi'  tii'ar.  r>",'!  ot  my 
I, I, I  lV:.r:i'-  .-ill  i''.'il  i!"'->.  ::'•■!•  Iia\ni::  1^\'''.  iMfiiT-i 
of  -■;■■■. li  i:-i'l'i;!i!' --  to  I'.;;.:-:!  ( 'olaMi'iia.  -o  I  -hall 
i:nt  ii:i-!!'-i;i  tlii  ir  iiaii;' -.  i.'.A I'l'-,!!'.''  'i''  u-ual 
ofdiT  of  -hiiiu'-.  tho  -"li  t'nit  lli'V  'ii'i  ■-  Hviii;^ 
alti'i-    thi  III. 

"A-  I  tliiiik  I  ha\i'  -''■].  t'lc  wntiviP  '.\- ;-  itnt 
;-oiMi-|iiokin-.  ;.-  wi'  jii'l-''  h.'iiity  r.iiwaii  I.-,  i'nt 
>!i.'  ImiI  ~m;  :  :m-"i-.  aiiil  iiaiiiro  h  n!  1i1i>"Cm  ii.'!-  w  .'h 
I-,i\a'-iair  I  h  M-in-  in  ot!  ■■!•  iliri--'  on-:.  Slir  wa-  :i 
)iiit-hou-.  <iv'i;iii.  iLiMiii  lor  a  h  ii;i!oir.  hut  iiii- 
fiir'  iiiialo'v  horii  into  a  n-  !  ;';:nii!\  .:ni|  :ii  a  ninii- 
trv  wla'iv  h  ;;.:oi;\-  u.'iv  •:  i-c-x  i~!-nt  at  t'  at  Iiiii.>. 
W'llh  ihi'  roaiiii!.'-  of  tli-;i-ai!i!-  of  wh'ic  wonii'ii  t.) 
!',nii-li  Colniil'ia  ihfn  i-  no  la  '<  in  t' !■  hoinloir 
wav  now.  I'.ur.  liko  lh-  LMr-iiln!;-  "M  lo'Iov,  t!iat 
I  ain.  1  ai'i  not  ko' [lin'j-  to  tlir  tlin-nl  of  tho  -tory. 

"I'.nth  th.  -■  nil  II  o;r.  fi'i!  tho  wo-,  m  a  lioni(>. 
Sjio  wa-  toiii  lii-two.-n  (•..nlli''t  iin:  <]<  -irr-.  \n  lltoso 
hot  ihiv-.  when  hittiT  woi-iU  ni'Miit  liitl' r  aiaion, 
ami  tho-o  uiu't!-  ami  tii''  artii'ii-  canii  -\.  iftlv,  it 
ua-  not  lonu"  cfo  tla'  two  nv  ii  d  i-'.oil  in  nahlic. 
Tli.Tc  wa-  a  luihlio  ilinin  r  ono  iiiulit  at  wiiicii  the 
whw  iiiid  tlic  wlii.-kcy  tlowcd  in  iin  cv.T-int'n'asinf? 
>tri'am.     1    thiiiic    tlu'    incinhtr    of    tlit'    towu    wa* 


Ff^ 


3^:  "S^^^T^T^i^-^^^!^^-^ 


m^- 


6  I'hc    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

hclnz  hanquf'ttrd  f^r  -fiv  r.-asnn  or  aiintlior.  "Roa- 
son-  wvro  not  hard  *<■  liml  uiim  a  public  feast  wa> 
<l<'sirc<|  in  the  Wc-t  in  tiin,~,.  ;rl'>riMii-;.  Lrnldi'ii  dav-;. 
'I"l:i'  I'lin  \va<  L^'ttiiiir  fa-t  ami  furious  wlion  my 
two  friends  ila-Iiid.  It  was  (<\or  so  trivial  an  in- 
fidriit  tliat  the  cats.'  I:a-  -iipjrd  mv  iiHaiiDrv. 
Ilnwi'ver  one  tl.i-(\^  :i  ;_'' i-^  ,,t  wlii^lcv  in  the 
culler's  l'ae(\  and  thi'  latter  retaliateij  hv  i)res-in,? 
a  howl  of  potatne-  rii'ii-r  or  le--  liniily  (jdwn  upon 
hi-  antaL'oiii-t'-  Imm.!.  l*aiideiiic.i:Jiim  r.  ii:n>'d  in 
a  minute,  and  l.rfnr..  ii\,.  tnimitf-  had  na--i'<|  tliero 
mnst  have  he. n  h.di'  a  .i^iziai  fiirht-  :.'ujiii:  mi  in  the 
dinini:  Iiall.  j-lx.  r\-  Mian  who  had  a  Lrrievance 
aL^ain-t  a  iii  ii:hh(,r  -  '•na'il  to  enn-idrr  ih.'  tini''  jiro- 
pi;iou-  to  irv  to  L'li  e\Mi.  We  tii:a!!v  separated 
all  till'  enrnliaiMit-.  hiii  thi'  liaiMpirt  w.i-  dniie  for. 
It   hrol^e   up    I'l    I'i-Mi'i'a'.      ildwv.r.   mir   m-'iiiher 


had   h,r:i   nin!, 


V   11  !■   t. 


'■  h(d'ore  tiie   rmv  >tarted. 


so  his  di;_:-nity  wa-  tvi  hiirt. 

''Xow,  in  (irdrr  t.,  iiphnl,]  the  tfadi'ion  iriven 
expre— ien  to  hv  iiiir  Muini:  friend  here,  that  ';x 
Avhite  in;in  i-  alwav-  uldte.'  if  wa-  ii^e-sirv  that 
the  man  who  ha<l  ri,  ,;\i.d  the  whi-I<.\  in  his  facf 
plioiild  di'tiiand  ripara;'"n.  while  i!i.'  jrmtleman 
vho  still  liore  tran-  oT  --pads"  had.  of  course,  the 
rii:ht  to  demand  >:iti-r,:r!  i<,n.  Tt  wa-  decided  that 
a   dur]    was   the  unlv    wav    in    w '  !c!i    the  old    score 

onidd  he  settled.    So  M  ;■.  Spud. hall  we  call  him? 

— challeiiLTed  Mr.  Si-,,;,  i-  we  ma\-  nami^  the  other 
man  for  the  pnrpo-c-  of  the  ro-*  of  thi-:  varn. 

"It  may  as  well  li,'  iiunieiliati  |v  adniitted  that, 
when  soher.  neith<  r  of  t'e  two  love--  was  a  martial 
man.  The  recent  ri^  ••ai-  m-iho  hid  had  tlie  effect 
of  brin<rin<,'  the  ceiij.i,    to  their  -enses,  and  each 


And    Other    Stories.  ^ 

woiilil  f^ladly  Imvi'  ;iv('rt>'<l  th''  duel.  I'ut  >omP  rif 
their  a(<iu;imtaiiit-  wcr-'  -till  iinTrily  ti|>-y  and 
(.__:i  ,1  th'Tii  on.  It  wa.-  ultimately  arranu'fil  th.it 
\\.''  \ni'r\nvz  sl.niiM  tak''  ii!a(^f  (ui  lailii  l>laiiil.  a 
-!  oi'I  (li-tan.'c  ilnwii  !'.■  |-"ia-<T  Kiv.r  t'nrn  the 
t.iwn.  l''niir  (I'll'Mk  in  th''  ni'irninir  was  lix'-d  nn 
:!-  I'll'  i!i"-t  >uita!i!c  liMur.  ainl  i-arii  cinihatant  was 
ri'iit  l:niia'  tn  preparr  hi-  la-i  will  aiiM  ti'-taincnt. 
S^v.aiiU  W'vo  <!iilv  sclcctril.  and  tin'  ni'-n  w.tc  to 
i:-i'   ii'\iil\ I  I'-."" 

••|>'>     nil  Tipan  tn  t-Il   UP'  li-'iP'-tlv  that  diii'Ilin.a 
\v:i-    iinniiir,.'d    in    l'>n!i-!:     ('"hmihia     a-     lati'     as 


l-ii 


a-k.'.|   tiM.  I 


III'  iia--rii-cr  I'nr  wh''--  l)riii'tit   this 


-■i.r\'   wa-  lii'MiLT  tiiM. 

"l'!'a-i'  allnw  iiic  tn  fitii-h  thi-  nr^runvnt,"  rr- 
|,i;,.,i  ih..  Wi-uaamr.  "N'nw.  Mr.  .•^nnd.  a>  -nnn  a.- 
1',.  vnt  tn  hi-  li  ill"  -'lai-k.  in-lrid  nf  drawim:  iij)  iiis 
\v;M.  fniaitlnij  iiiiii-i'lf  with  a  IniiLT  linfii  n t'  a  -|ii'cial 
I,'-n>d.  and  tii.'ti.  niakii!':  -un'  that  nnim  nf  hi-  too 
tir-hii^L''  I'l'i'iid-  wa-  in  tin'  nriirldinrlmnd.  niadi'  hi;^ 

W   !\-.    liV    d.'VJntlS    Jiat!;-.    tn    the   ntVli-i'   nl     l!ii'    rhit'f   of 

j„  :i,r."  'I'f)  the  olllriT  km  miilidi'd  that  a  duel  was 
In  he  rmiLTlit  in  a  frw  kniir-.  and  tnld  him  that  it 
V.  ■!-  his  diitv  to  -;nji  till'  h'l  ikniLr  f>t'  tin'  law.  Ho 
!t;rnrnii'd  him  of  the  ey.irt  place  at  wliieh  the  fi;rht 
wa-;  to  cniiie  nlf.  and  lie-ieehed  him  imt  to  bo  late 
in  aiT's  iinr  at  the  -pn*. 

'• 'Who  are  L'ninu'  'o  !i':l;t?'  a-ked  the  policeman. 
'Tell    me   that,  and    1    can   h.ave   the   men   arrested 

nnv. .' 

••■Oil,  no.  I  f(nildn"t  do  that."  said  Mr.  Spnd. 
M'.e-ides  1  don't  think  vmi  need  arre-t  the  men. 
Simplv  stop  the  I  :!el.  hut  for  heaveirs  -ake  don't 
tell  auvone  that  1  inlurmed  about  the  fight.' 


I 


8 


The    Dashin^r    S;iIIv     Dud 


A    f<'-.v  ur.nuU-<  ,-,r.,.r  S,„i,I   l,,,!   I,, ft   t!,o  p„li..o 

f   nt.n,,    tl,,.    ..),„.f    w,!,.    MHt..,|    l,V    ,,n.,!|.,T    ,...,„.    uIh. 

i;!r'  ^^'~'"'l''Mnr.,r,n  l.m  of  t!..  , ,:-,,;,. |  „,„•„,". 

."''■^  '"■'"""  "•'-""! !lM-tli;,n   Mr.  S.ol.  wl.n  u-.H 

J.Kt      ..     .nMn,N      ,■,„■      ;|„.      I;,.       ,„      „,; ,  ;f.  ■,, ,      ;,„,| 

'•<|ii.il!v  wi^lilul   ti,;it    i!M  ;irn-i-  .| ij   ,.,;.,,   ,,1,,,. 

<M  .-.ir>o  tl,,.,. !.,.,■  ,„M   ,u„.n,i  ,uu  l„,,.'h,r  -n,,! 
'"'   •■''■''■'■■iiUM-.l    f,,    '_i\<'    niv    fiV,,.!^    M    -,„„!    „.„,, 
t  w;,.  n,;,mr,.-ilv  n,.|H.-:l,!,.  f,,,  ,  j,,,    ,;,  ^.,,,,^^.     |^ 

';,'■'■'•,    "•■"'";'  !"-'^'n'  t!):.t.  hut  lp.  ,!.,■,.!.,!  t|,;,t 
;'  ''''-''^  """'''  '"•  - '  I--:-  iw,MM..n  wh„,.„nM  !n... 

.■■'f  "■--/'  ",;-,. ,:,1, ',.-'.,,  I,:,,;:  ,,,,i,.  nf  ,,rl,„.M,:,I. 
'\  ;"'"!"'"  ."!'  '"■  I-'-:  i~':.n,!  :,,  J  v.m  Th. 
''!f  "'  !'■'■"•  !'•'')  ^'•■'^-■'!  l-!..n.  .'.„K  iMit  t!,..v 
''"     ""'    '^""^^'    '■■      "'■   \^  ^'-   'li'liiii:  lM'i;in,i   a    .Miii't 

^•■''^"- ;':""■  It  w.-,„-i,.  „.,.,. ,i:,t.  ,...,.„„,[■;'. 

Fiml   m  nr,;,.,-  t.  m.l.  .  ,!,„  ,;„.]   ,,r,,,„- „  „:,h   for 

^''^    •""■'•       ^"■'•-    'P-'!>    '=■■   .llH.f    ,n:„l,.    hi.    ,„,.,- 

7';'  'V'"""  ■■'";'  "'-"•'1,-t,.!  ihrrn  t..  ,M,i  o„!v  h'ank 
onrtridp-^  in  ih.-  ,vvmU,  ,- 


"  "l"'';itV  all  uv  uviv  --1111:  to  ,]„  aruwav.  .-hiof  ' 
tlipy  said. 

'"S'.-'i."  was  I-is  aiiMvr.  'I)n„-t  apiM'ar  as  if 
J-u  w..:v,alk„,,tMa,nh..,K  ],„,■,,  .frsUo  aho„t 
th.lmsn,..sasil  th.  ,••■«,  ,v  h„ll,.N  ah.„t  to  )!v ' 

Hack  ,0  tho  wn.t.-h,.,l  |.rincipa!.  uvnt  thr' .,.,^- 
on.,s.  I  ,,.  !,,,„„.r  w,.,v  luokini:  ,a,'.Tlv  for  tho 
nrrtvai    o     ,h„    p„,i,,,      ,;„^    „,„^.    ,,,„,„^,    .^^    ^.^^^^ 

,V  hv.titv   pares  w<t.>  inrasunMl  ai..l   ii„>  la^t  in- 
structions ^,nvcn.     So  w,„..h,..:n„..  ,!i.i  ,)„.  ,,,„  ,„ 
appear  that  it  was  with  i,Teat  .litli.ultv  the  soounda 


And    Other    Stories.  9 

r''fr;iinr(1  frnin  lini;:liin<,'  in  tlieir  fnro?.  aiul  ?o 
'^wlu'^  tlio  wlidlc  thill;:  ;i\vay.  Tlie  Loinbiiiaut* 
wire  iilaci'd  at  the  ri^rlit  di-tance. 

"'Arc  you  nailyr'  tlicv  wi tc  a.~kcfl. 

"Kacli  gave  one  last  dr^jiairing  glance  in  the  di- 
TOrtimi  of  the  town. 

''  'One.  two,  thn  ,'.  tire  I"  fame  the  coiuinand,  but 
not  a  .-hot   was  hcanl. 

"■('oiiic,  conic,  L^riilcnicn."  said  one  sci-ond,  'tills 
Won":  do.  Honor  nni>t  lie  satir-licd.  Unce  aj,'ain, 
arc  vnu  ready  r      Fire.' 

'■'I'lii^  time  two  '^hnts  were  heard,  and  two  gen- 
tlciiica  f(  I!  to  tlie  ^.Tound  protc-tini^  that  tluv  were 

(I.M.I. 

'■Then  it  was  that  the  chief  of  poliie  appeared 
from   hi'hind   the  cedar  trci'. 

'**!  arnst  you  in  the  name  of  the  <^Mieon.'  he 
paid  to  the  cnrp-i'-,  wliiili  hy  now  had  ari,-cn  from 
the  dead.  'The  cliar;:e  is  hreakin;;  tiie  law  forbid- 
diuL'  dnellin;:.' 

"'I  (JoiTt  very  Well  -ce  the  use  nf  arrestinfr  a 
coufdi'  of  d(  ad  men,  chirf.*  said  one  of  the  seeonds. 
M'idn't  you  liear  cich  man  -'ucmnly  declare  that 
life  had  ]ia--'  d  away,      l.'t  "I'ln  rot  in  pt'aie.' 

"*'^'ou  must  eoiiie  with  me.  L'eiiilenK'ii,  and  you, 
too.'  he  >;ii.|  to  the  -cconds,  "for  bciiii:  arcc--or!(^-.' 

"it  was  a  >orry  party  that  was  rowed  fnen  i-elii 
I.~!and  lo  the  mainland.  The  chief  hail  arran.:''  I 
with  the  maLTi.-trate  to  he  ut  the  -rarinii  when  '•■' 
should  return  wiUi  the  culjirits.  and  thus  tl.cv 
wrie  -p.irctl  the  puii'.icils'  of  a  trial  at  the  usual 
ci'iirt  hour,  it  wa^  ju-t  about  (i  a.m.  when  thi-' 
<•u^!^u^  cdurt  was  iiclij.  and  e\i  rybndy  p!ei.!.'(| 
guilty.      The   prinei[ials   were   beund   over   to   keep 


.•3 


I 


■-y^  V  >^et'^%.,f ; 


10  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

ihe  prnoo.  and  thr  otlmr^  v.oro  lot  o|T  with  n  warn- 
in.i:.  Thon  niM-i<tr..to.  d.iof,  an.]  tl,o  diseliar-o-l 
rcpaiml  to  the  <.)u.v„,|,oro'  Arm...  w|„.ro  ovor"in 
oarl.v  .riornin-.irla.-s.  H,..  Willirulri.s  of  tl,p  na.t  w.^o 
I)at.-h,.,i  „,,.      n„.  ,|,iH-  ,pplip,i  tiK.  final  rVmon* 

'.;''t^  ^c''.  li''  -.11.1.  -wasn't  it  owp  "!  ».i-iiin" 
Ralh-  that  yon  tun  Ki!l..|  ynur,vU.<  thi.  nmrn^ 
in^'.^  1  thought  ^M.  WHl.  von  ,nav  ho  i,„,.v,...| 
to  know  that  sh.>  \vc„t  ,],nvn  tho  riv,.r  ,-n\v  tl.;- 
morninir  xvi,i,  "|.o.,_..r,„r„rp,i  jj,,,.-  .„„,  „„.^,  ,,,  .,^ 
h!u]  mv  warm,,,'  ,f,,.,t  ,f  thoy  ovor  n  Kop.ar-,!  ,r, 
Quoon^horo  th.y  u-,,,,!,.  l-:nv  to  join  thorn:,,!.,,,, 1,. 
inp  i:;in,i:  fur  a   f.w  ni.^,i?!i>.' 

"And   ^o   nuW    tl,     ':,-r   attomi.l    at   a    .]„o|    in 
Hr.  ,.h    (o!,„„h,,.         T!..    pi<,nl    ha'H,    <Ih,|    ao.i.l 

T'-a  -^  of  hM-!,„.r.      I'..,    |    th,nk   mv   v,.,n^'   f.i I 

w.II   a.loHtthat.    in    i!,..  ,,|,h,„o  of   uli,..Vn, 

Whon  tho  Wr.t.rn.Th.i  h.fr  ,h,.  .....kln--  n.,m 

tho   ,mr-.T   \ya.   <,n„ht.     "Win    is   ],r,-   „,:,    y,  ^ 

tJi-t  HV'"      ''  ^""'"■'-   '''^'^  '^   """•   •'■'  i'f--. 

Tho    pnrsor    h,n-),..,'.     Thi.    wa^    rm,     tV    fl.-  f 

^■''^:;f,^f.'--/--^-  >'^'''-''^'-In,ado.vi-hhim.      " 

\\on      ho  .ai.L  -that  ,.!,ap  ma,!..  ;,    r,„.t„no  in 
1^1,0  (ar,l,oo,-andl  hav..  h.anlhim  ca!lo,I  'Hor.- 


..(  ^  ,»-^--.,^AVi,^-_   ^  '•/ 'v^.>'  ^^^i^zJiy^^-'l^t'T^^  •  .^?^-;  ■-■^'    X^'C'^-"i* 


And    Other    Stories. 


II 


THE  PREMIER'S  DAUGHTER. 


CIlAPTEIt  I. 


The  Proinior  of  British  rohinibJa  must  hf^  a 
man  of  ticnse.  but  not  of  .-I'li-iltility.  The  mnmcnt 
a  iiuin  i?  made  the  chief  adviser  of  Kintr  Kduard's 
representative  in  His  Majisty'^  most  western  pos- 
H'ssion,  at  that  very  instant  lie  heeonios  the  target 
of  abuse  and  sport  of  tlie  Imder-writer. 

Premier  John  Stnrnway  was  weary  of  his  olliie. 
Ho  preferred  farmim:  to  polities.  Moreover  he 
was  only  a  sto[)-gap  Kir^t  Minister,  and  stop-gaps 
always  come  in  for  more  half[irn<'e  than  kicks.  He 
liad  oidy  a  majority  of  oiif  in  tlio  House,  and  he 
woidd  gladly  have  laid  down  !iis  portfolio  and  re- 
tired to  the  ranch.  P)Ut  ii;iiv  \va.~  an  ambitious 
minister  behind  him  who  dominated  the  whole 
cabinet,  and  v,n»  oven  known  to  nuike  the  Lieuten- 
aiit-(Jovernor  shake  in  hi-  >hncs. 

Tho  Hon.  Alfreil  Martingale  was  Premier  in 
all  b\it  name.  He  was  a  Scot,  and  lie  nevrr  let  a 
go(Ml  thing  go  until  his  hold  was  unclasjied  by 
force. 

"What's  the  gf>od  of  wiMivio'T  along  with  only 
one  of  a  majority.  Mait:"  a-k'd  the  l*n.|iii<T, 
wearily,  one  dav.  '"And  to-morrow  whi'ii  the 
llousf  rnccls   we  shall   be  dt  feated   for  C' rlain,   for 


12  The     Dashing    Sally    Duel 

ilioro  ;irp  tw.  of  our  rt-n  who  liv  in  Caril.nn  who 
('.■Mirint  ir.-t  Ikiv  luMil  the  str.niirr  .•irriv."-  from 
Aam-uv.T   in    tlir   cv.  nm-.   iui.l    l.v    that    tunc   nil 


\V| 


'\IT. 


liic    I'rcniHT    was    ^[..Mkiii;:   f,n."    .Faniiarv    .lav 
1S!t— .    in    Ins    private     (,-lic,'     in     t!,r     L.--i-!a'ivf> 
HiiiMiii:'..   Vi,tMria.    I"..  ( '.      |t    wa-   th.'  .a,-  ,,(  tho 
nir,t:iii:  ..f   I'arliaiirtit.  and  a  l.ii:  sclirtn,.   u;i~  h... 
inLT     nntiiiv,!     to     ,!.  i^at     the     ( inVMni-iLi'i       Tl,,. 

].';'•""■'■     '■'■'      it      i'l      '   '^     l-'M.  -.         I'.Mt      tl;..     .  Vf-.nn- 

ruUnt  F-iiian.v  Mini-'-r  wa>:  n-.t  -oin.:  to  -ivc  in. 
.  ■■'•'■""t  !"■  .il'iai.l.  -iMriiuav."  |...  tvi.IiV.lT  ••lli.av 
IS  on,.  ,,f  tl,..  ..|,i,..M!i..|i  ni.ai  als„  .ktarm.,!  iii  \-an- 
^ouv.f.  an.l  i!„'  if,.,,-,,  v.  ,!1  l,av,.  ii-,.„  \,^  t!i,.  tun,' 
hr  <:>■{<  ]u"v.  \\,-(..v  aiiotlMT  ,lav  .•,.„„..  r,,,,,,,! 
WP  .-hall  h.iv..  h,  ,11  ah!,.  !,,  win  .,\,t  -,  \,.-aI  ,,f  tho 
otli.T  >i.l...  Th-  .,i:,.r  nf  |ih,.ral  apprnpnat:,,,,.  for 
hi<  CMnsDfiH.iirv  ^n..  a  l.ai-  wav  wiih  ih.'  av  r- 
'A'fSt'    ll'i'lllhcr." 

'•lint  I  >li„ii!,I  lil„,  f,,  ,.,.,,>,,  „-!iiI,.  w,.  Ii,,„ora}.lv 
ran  ,!..  >...  "  r..tnni.,!  ti...  I'lv,,;,.,-.  ^^hi^  •!■,  Ki,,-,,,,.;. 
M:ni-!.T    laii-h(..|    at    t^--    thin-hint,.,!    pn'ir i,.;.,n 

"I    sh'UiM    !,k,..-  -ai.l    ;',.    i'tvtni.T.   -t. ,,-,t    nf 

oHirp  hy  niy  n\vii  ft-.,,  u,;'  ,,,„|  wit!..,,;,  th,.  ..f:^.„, 
nf  .li.fi.at  on  my  adtiiitii-tfation.  Of  .m;:,-,.  I  l,,,,,u- 
it  is  roallv  yotir  oahiiff.  „!,1  f,.II.,\v,  hi,(  I  .h  .11  -tq 
down  into  hi^tofv  a-  i:,.  l'n.,ni,.r.  ui:„-h  uilj  h,. 
rathor  ni.-..  f,,r  ih,"  faiii!!v,-  1„.  ,■,„;,  In, Io,l  with  a 
wan   pmilo. 

Tho     l'-rni,.r-s   in-tit.  i<   wro    n  ■!    far   wvnu"~ 
dofoat  was  v.Tv  noar  'o  his  a.iinini-tfati.m. 

Rut  a  trirl  .-t,.|)n...l  in. 

On  tho  pv,-.  ,-f  th..  'tl-  tin-  of  tlip  Lciri^Iatnrp  it 
was  easy  t..  .iv  how  i,',,.  parties  st,„,.l.      Out  ,»r  the 


And    Other    Stories. 


»3 


IT' iwp  nf  .1,^   tiuriil.iT.;  th.TP  wcri'   in   Victorlji    17 

P^Vrrillllcnt     IIMIl.     ir    nj)j„,.itiuii,    ail-I    tllr    S|)(.ilk<r, 

\\\:<>  wa-  Mij.iM,^.,!  t,,  I,,,  nnilril.      'rii.Mv  w,tc  two 
p'vmiiiici!!    jirnl    im>'   n|,[„,-iii,iii    ttii'iiilicrs   ali.-^i^nt. 
I'.v    thf  .m.'iii.in-   r..uic<   .,f   tr;ivrl    tli.  v   couM    imt 
nM.!i    t!i'-    !/'-i-l;iturr   till    -.•\.r.i!    li.,iiV<  ;iltrr   thu 
-|''(li  fmni  tl:,.  tlin.iii^  !i,i.|  JMrii  ddiwrv.!.  iiiid  tlio 
ll-ii-'-   Ii:h!    ri-Ti    fur    tlir    iii-lit.      Mm    the    ;il.-ciit 
nii|H.-iti(in  niiin.  the  hniirii. -i   |H.lit:ciiiii  in  British 
<  "11111111. ;l,    li;).]    tiii|.,l    lii-    aJ.M'nr.'    on    |)iir|.<Nc    to 
^'i\c'   the  ,i:'iv.rnnn'iit     Mvnritv.      ]{,■     int<'ni|r.l     to 
'ii.iki-  ii  (ir.un.iric  Mfip-MraiP  r  in  tlir   Ilou.-c  several 
li<.iir>  licforc  t!:,.  (,tlirr  tu..  uun  cmiM  arriv.',  and 
M.  \<y:it  iIh'^ -oMTnuimt  nil  til.'  lir^t  (lav  (if  the  now 
s|-Hnn.     T\r  nairif  .if  tlii-  [Hi|iii,-iati  was  tlic  Hon. 
SariiucI    SwallMW.      JI..    \va~    tii,.   :-i,,rniv    petrel    of 
Doinininn   polities.     Hj,  larwr  ..nd  it's  romances 
Would  till  this  book. 


14  The    Dashing    Sally    Dud 


(HAl'TEli  II. 

_  SociKTY  in  I'.ri'l^h  (nhinii.ia  is  rlrli-htfully 
fiimpK".  It  .>|H,,-  1!-  ;n-rns  to  mivl^.MJv  w,tii  money 
or  a  no-ldin;,'  a,  .jiuin',,,,,.'  with  a  nil,..  To  bo  a 
roa  favorite.  .,.1.  ,-h.,ul,!  haw  rnu.h  money  aud 
little  brain.  "^ 

The  I'remi.T  xl,!.,,,,  went  into  sn.irtv.  an.i  ho 
nover  ^ave  <linne,>.  |(,.  ,Iai.;.'hter  I.erniee  -aid 
he  showed  his  ui..in,n   ,|,,,t  wav.  hut  Ins  lojlowers 

8aid    he    lost    vote..        l;,  r,.i,.e    hei,eNe,|    ,M    the    vOiniL' 

JK'rson  earning'  a    Ini..^   (or   herself,   whetlier  her 

faiher    be   pn-iuier   ,,,■   J hlaek.      That    was   whv 

Phe  was  day  eoiinte,-  ,:.,!<  in  the  t.'e-raph  ollifie 
in  \anoouver.  Sh,.  u ,.  „ot  on  dmv„n  the  eve 
of  the  meeiin-  of  i'.,i:  M.i.nt  wh.n  Mr  Swallow 
sent  a  mo.t  import.nu  i.  l,.-rain  to  Mr.  Muir  who 
besides  I.eim,'  a  niemi.r  ,,f  the  oi.po-,tion.  wa<  al<o 
president  of  a  railwav  and  ste.im-hip  eom„anv 
whieh  connected  V,inrnuv>  r  with  Victoria 
Aajiaimo.     The  teh-ia,„  read  as  follows- 


via 


"Two  -nvrrnment  n,en  cannot  po.sihjv  reach 
Victoria  till  to-m..rn,w  evenni-  If  vou  send 
steamer  Arr  over  from  Xaiiainio  verv  early  in  the 
rnorn.n?  for  me,  and  have  a  sp.viartrain'waitin^ 
at  iNanaimo  to  make  a  fa>t  run  to  \-ictoria,  I  can 


^^^ 


■t;..'-;^^'^^^ 


And    Other    Stories. 


«5 


r.MCh    fho    Tin,,.,,    tluv,.    l,n„r-    i.lira.I    of    lh,ni.    i.M.l 

-urpriM'  tiK'  govcrtitiictit  iiiiM  .l.'f.at.      Witliniit  mv 
r'VM'iicr  tlir  llnuM.  1,,.^  an, I   ,h,.  S|,..akrr  \nil  c.'i'- 

I  llllly  -IVC  hl^  ca-tlll-  \,,lr  III  favur  of  the  ^ruV.TIl- 
"""^-  (■^l^'Ilr,!)  Sv.Mli:i,    SUAI.I.UW." 

Mr.    Muir  pne  (,r,|,r,    in   a( cor.I.m.-.'   with   the 
t'  !i'i:rarii. 

.    ''      "■■'-     P'Tt     "I'     t!ir     I,|..rillll.'     .hltv     of     I'MTliico 

>turnwav  m  :.o,  ,|,,  ,,.|,,,,,,„„  ,,,•  •,,,..  .,,„,„,„, 
'"-'''    "'"'    ^""■''    'l"iii    auav.      S!„.    ha.l    Iht    fair 

■■•■"■''     "'     '•linn-itV.     and     rnntn\..,|     \n     \u:n,nr     ac- 

'i"''int.'(l  uith  all  tiiat  wa^  -M,n-.  SIi..  .ai.I  ^Uq 
'i"v-r  kiifu  uhat  ini-iit  \,r  ii-,  ful  to  fallap-  ^..  -h,. 
'■'■■■■'I  ill-'  v<'l.'"u-  lam. II,-  1„  r  Daily  "I-ou  \  Tvik 

"II  the  inoiri.ii-  of  th..  ,iav  lli,-  ||,,iw,.  wa>  to 
"Mvr.  Su-allnwV  I.'l.irrain  wa-  'i„  t!„.  ,,,Io.  .SI,.'  al- 
u.i\-  cl.-iiiiMw!  aft.TwanU  tiiat  that  oniin-iit  -tat.-<- 
"""  ""'■■I  i.'T  i.  .layV  n..u-,  f,,,-  ..h,-  ,1.1  not  -i>t 
I'lM   hi-;  ni(--aL'P. 

■■■|'l"  <-|'\<r  uivi, •!,.••  ua-  h-T  fi,-4  f.'iuinin.'  ••um- 

"•■"'■         ll-r     -<vnn,|      thn„_M,,      u    ,,     ,|,,i,      ,1„,     ,^,,„,,| 

;;'.''  ""■  -;""^  "'■  '''i>  \^'l.v  politician,  an.l  hrr 
''  '"  th(ui-l,t  ua>.  what  ua-  her  duty  to  tlw  td.- 
-''•iph  cniniiaiiv  ? 

••r.<nalt\  1-  nnt  ihr  !„..,  ,,,,11,.,.  i,j  ,i,j,  instanc.-," 
"■'-,'"■'■  •'';i^"'".  ^n  she  [ovpaiV.]  to  taU  a  hand 
'"  'h>  inakini.'  ,.n.l  uninakin;:  of  rahinrts.  H.t 
;^wii[.athi<-  urn.  .ntirolv  ,.„  tho  -owrnmcnt  -hl,> 
^"I  .-lion..  wa<  hrr  fath,  r  I'fcnii.T.  hut  hrr  hv- 
Tntli,.,!  was  pnvaf  xrntarv  to  tlio  I'n-mi.T  \ 
t'lrirraiii  to  l',.nival  Stillin-worth  [nit  him  in  pos- 
--Mnn  of  the  .h.talU  of  thr  .nn-piracv.  The  pri- 
Vite  .>>vn  tary  Imrricl  with  the  news  'to  his  chief 


i6 


The    Dashing'    Sally    Dud 


nin!  a  faliitH't  <nuni  ;I  u.i-  h.'M  ju-t  ln'foro  flio 
1Iiiii-i-  Mil  t.  uli.-ii  tl:,    .luir-c  111'  .iiii'iii  \va-  <!''.ii!cil 

ll|i"M.         It     W,l-    -i.'Il    lli.ll     it     «ii||l,|     !„■     |ill[in«-llilc    to 

liurv  tlic  [ir<M  !■■  iliii.--  -M  that  llir  I'.ii  li.iiii.ait  roiiM 
ri-i'  iirf'iri'  tin'  -['!•:, il  tram  ('Hi!'!  .nfivi',  -o  tin- 
piM'fiiniMit    di'i  iil.-,|    •■<   \i(<v\i:\\    .1    [n,'i(\    frniii    tin- 

Oj»I'"-itiMll    ;irii|     l.l!k     .l_Mill-t     tllllr. 

I'or  the  Im'II"  lit  .f  !':'  II II  i  II  it  i,it<  ■  I  it  niiv  ln'  >taf('il 
tliat  (It!  tin-  i>|">iii!_'  'l.iv  till'  l'.r'ti-!i  ( 'iiliiiiiliiii 
]|iiii~c  iiifi  t-  at  :i  i'.\i.  tn  rtt.ivr  II;-  llnipir  tin- 
la>'iitcii:iiii-(i"\' III"; .    .iinl    tn    lif.ir    lum    ri.h!    the 

t^pn  i-il     f|-<i|M     ill''    tllfi'I!'.        Till'     |il        T'lrill;!    lilWll'i-- 

is  traii~a«-ti(!.  .'iiiil  -kmu  tiiiH-  tlii'  .I'liln—  iii  ri'plv 
i-i  tiKivcil.  Kilt  i!  '  Spi.tkiT  iAu  ailjniirii  the 
JIoiiM'  fur  iliiiinr  ;it  i...'ai.  am!  r.iii  iiaiiii'  ,mv  li"iir 
for  tlic  cvtiiiiiL'  ni'itiiiL'.  iIihul'Ii  iii.L'lit  M'--iiiii>  arc 
8rl<l()ru  licld  in  ihr  '.ii!'.  w-ck-  of  tl;,'  ll..u-r  meet- 
ing. 


And    Other    Stories. 


17 


Ci; AI'TKI!  III. 


1 


PoIITKI  A\    SWM.I  ilU 


W.i- 


vrrv  anxi'iii-;  t!';it  nr» 


fi'lMiCI'T      >ll(iuli| 


iim    uln'ii     111'    liM.irili'il    tlu' 


t-t'.iiiPT  .Ir.  .      Ill-  w.iiitii!    ii'i   -|p"ihii;:  <it'   111-   11,111) 


(!■•    lifllN. 


T 


1.  ri'Inrc  «  hell  lir 


it   iillt  of  111-  lali  ill 


l!i«'   \\!i;irt'    !"•   Uil-    inil:ltril    lu    lilli!    thr   'MIll^'W.lV    to 


t! 


.1  I 


-li.iiiKT  111"!  krij  liv  .1  tiarliil  iriri  wIid  iiu|ii'irfi 


1 


t'l  Im'  ,iII"Ui  I 


i    to    L'O    to    X 


iiia.iiio. 


•Mv   t'atli.  r 


1-    ill  itlilv    -u 


.-111'  wailid 


•Oil. 


<lo  Ii't  nil'  nil  lH.,ir<l." 

SariiinI   Swallow  roiiM  n-'Vi  r  n-i-t  a  woman  in 
ic.irs.  Ml  iu   >ii:iR'(I   to  tlif  siili'i-  to  ji't   tlu'  ;:irl  on 


t(:f  >ti  ailHT. 


If  (oiilii  k!ii.\i   iioihiii:/.  aiiu  a  iioot 


<]<■<  1]  tiiiirc  or  !r--  wa-  iioi1i;iil,'  to  a  [loJitUMan. 


aviiiL'  a--;-"i' 


ar  a-   lar  a- 


N 


uiaiino  iir  cou 


1(1 


not  rcfiiM' 
toria. 


iicr  jia--aL'.-  on  tlic  -[n'lial  tram  to   \  10- 


Aml    tlui-    it   was   tliat    I'xTiiiic   arrived    at    tho 


capital   at   the  sanu'  tiiin-  a-  licr    falluT'-  )> 


iliral 


rrniiiy.  She  let  no  r,!ic  kimw  of  luT  arrival,  hnf 
<lrovi'  at  "iKc  to  a  (•o.-tiniiicr"-,  wlu'ro  slio  was  niaiio 
111)  as  Mr.  .Jerenuali  H(lni.-low,  the  uifinU-T  lor 
Cariboo. 


CI  I  AIT  Ell  IV. 


The  Tjfirislatun^  was  ovcitiil.  WIkmi  Tli-  llonnr 
riiiend  thf  IIou-o  tlun'  wore  IT  men  on  oach  side, 
Imt  the  jubilation  was  all  on  thr  ojipo-ition  (jiiartiT. 
They  knew  tliat  a  spfi  ia!  train  was  brin^^in;:  their 
oightwiitli  member  and  defeat  for  the  government. 


1 8 


The    Dashing    Sully    Di:c! 


Tlicro  was  littli'  atli'iitiMn  p.'iii!  I'liil  I'.iv  m  [^'■ayor=. 
an<l  ('\('ii  the  -|ii''i:i  trurii  tln'  I'lrnii''  wa-  iiri- 
paiiiiitly  liMrm  ,1  tn.  A-  W-  ll--'  ;•  l'''t  t!i  •  IImi'-.> 
vith  hi-  Lriliii'il  ;:riil  u!iittTiit;j:  -''.'A.  M  ■  "<  isit""'-! 
]Ioii.  Saiiuic'l  Sua!liiw.  Ili'  v  '■-  !  ■■'■'.r.!  ui;'i 
dcalriiiiii:  apji',!!'  '■  liv  t';c  op'  ''  m.  an-!  nw  or 
two  cxcitfd  iiii'in'"'!'-  t'ln];  t  ii!i'  Sv  th'-  !'■/''''"' k  aiiJ 
fhontcd  fuit.  ""I''  -  '  .  '■'■-■'j!i."  \'.V''  tl'i'  '  r'ld  lif  r!i'" 
worf]?  had  ilii'i]  ,i\'-,]',  i:!  tjic  iltw.r  t:  r:  it-'"!  ImIm 
the  llmi.-o  till'  i!i'  !i.  "  r  !'■"•(  'a i-^!i.i.i.  .\<  '  !'  '■!!  tl  i- 
pnvemmont  -iilc  '""!^  up  the  (■li.''a'.  aa-t  tin  opjin- 
eitinn  sat  (hiinrnuniit  -!. 

Tlio  Pn'iiii'T  ri -'■  to  tho  <i'ci-''in.  ••^I^. 
Spoakor."'  ?ai(i  hf.  "I  \'f"z  tn  mnvc  t'li:  t!  ■■  Il(  i:-e 
at  its  risinp  <ln  .-t.md  ailjounu'd  ti!'    M""'iay.'' 

"Xo,  no."  faiiif  till'  mar  fmn:  tlu-  l.'it. 

Mr.  Spoak<T  put  thi'  qriostion. 

"The  ayes  huvo  it,"  lie  rcmarki  d. 

"N'ames,  namrs,"'  \va>  tho  opposition  «1ioiit,  nnf1 
tho  count  ehowed  18  for  and   18  ai^aiiist. 

"I  pive  my  castinj:  vnto  in  favor  of  tho  motion," 
paid  the  Speaker,  and  the  Ilou.^e  roochood  to 
govornment  acclaim. 

"I  hog  to  move  that  ilio  IToupe  do  now  adjourn," 
faid  the  Premier.  'Ilio  opposition  insisted  on  an- 
other division,  and  aL'ain  llie  easting  vote  of  tlie 
SpiMker  saved  the  administration. 

As  the  House  rose  the  Promior  wont  to  thank 
the  momhor  for  Carilioo  for  his  opportune  appear- 
ance, but  Mr.  Hohnslow  had  disappeared. 


And    Other    Stories. 


19 


CIIArTEK  V. 

'A  coi'Pi.E  of  liour^  lator  tlic  Premier  was  in  hi» 
rrinin.-  at  the  Dniirci  lintel  with  his  privaif  bc-cre- 
tiiry.     The  hcll-l)oy  brouirht  him  up  a  card. 

"A-k  her  to  come  up,"  said  he  to  tlie  boy. 

]'>oriiiee  entered  the  mniii. 

"Why,  how  did  you  cnme  hero?"  asked  her 
father.' 

"Witli   the  iiunilier  for  (,'arihoo,  dad,"  she  an- 
wcred. 

A  kiiixk  came  at  tlie  door.  ''Come/'  cried  thft 
rpiiiier. 

•'A  te!('<:ram  for  you.  sir."  said  the  boy. 

The  I'remier  0{)eneil  it.  "Sorry,  but  Io?t  the 
boat  at  Vancouver ;  hope  my  absence  will  not  in- 
innveniencc  you.      (SiL'ned)    Ihhuslow." 

The  I'remier  handed  the  tele,i:ram  to  his  secie- 
;arv  and  took  his  daughter  in  his  arms. 


20  The    Dashing    Sally    i)uel 


A   QUKKV    OF   BO  m:  MI  A. 
"This   lila^tcd    <<  N  :i:;il    lifo     i-     not   what    it's 

CT;iik((l  up  111  li' .■'  -:;.!  (iiMlfi-cy  Dowilill;:.  as  he 
fhird  a  hiKik  at  tln'  !n;rriraiii'  laniu,  which  \va~  tho 
sn!f  iiif'aiis  of  ]]'j:]\\  la  the  iniiicr".-  calM/i  (K'cupii'd 
by  liim^rir.  two  .!;,  r  I-ji-IJ-Imiii'Ii  ami  an  Aiikt- 
icaii.  Furlunaicls  l'.>r  In-  .-km,  he  iiu->c(l  the 
lamp. 

'•What  the  hi'II  ('id  \Mn  do  that  fur.  Duwriiii^'?" 
pruinhh'd  I'ajit.iiii  ( '.ii'i"!  — tinv  c.dlrd  him  "•("ai'."' 
for  ,-liiirt  ahaiLT  !!:■  >v<'>k.  'I'hc  l)n(ik.  which 
])nivcd  t'l  he  a  'upv  nf  Sl-akc-pcarc,  caiiirht  him 
on  the  car.  and  tiir  IiI^a   made  him  mad. 

'"Keep  Vdur  liair  i.n.  (  ap."  \va.-  all  the  satisfac- 
tion ho  pit   t'lir  tlic  iii-im  III. 

"l)o\viiiiit:  make-  all  awful  tniisance  of  himself 
t^niiietimcs,""  mildly   pi;'   in   I-'ia-i-r. 

''You  fclKiws  make  ]•]■■  llca^tly  well  tired."  jmi- 
tatm]  the  American,  a  inan  n.uin'  l)i'i<e.  "Why 
you  can't  even  swear  dMtnily.  Vnu  can't  expect 
to  iret  much  sati-fact  inn  n'li  of  lifr  h,rc  if  vou  re- 
fuse to  do  in   Iki'me  wfai    ifnmc  dd. -." 

**Rut  then  this  i-n't  il.ime.  |)caM\  vou  kriuw," 
returned   Fr,i-cr.     "J!'-   I'.riti-h  Cehimliia." 

"Oil.  no.  it  ain't."  irplied  I)ri-e.  "I'm  willing 
to  maintain  that  it's  pan  of  I'lul,'  Sam'-  tcrritorv. 
But  at  any  rate  'ti>n"t  i-]ni:land  ;  vmi  fellows  pe«Mn 
to  imai:in(>  vou  are  sliil  in  the  Old  Land,  with  vour 


And    Other    Stories. 


21 


^jlaw.-tecV  an<i  vmir  '(]uiitclierkno\v>,'  and  ymir  yel- 
low Iralhrr  '^unw^.  It  you  iiiu^t  swear— I  u-'ViT 
(1...  as  vou  know — why  (Iml  daiim  like  a  iiitiu'  m'H, 


iiml  wvar  ;-niiii  li'><>t-  win n   _\ 


(iu"rf  wurkmu''  ni  the 


t  ivrk.     At  tlir  ii'a.-t  yniril  kr.),  your  IV'-'t  dry. 

-Well.  I'll  be  (.iod  .lainuf,!,"  wa.-  l)owiiin-r  sur- 
],riHd  an-wi  r.  Ami  liu'ii.  Invaii-.-  ln'  lia.i  In-eii 
l.rnu'.'lit  uj)  on  the  I'.iMc  an.l  ^tnnlnij  at  llotm-  in 
t;i.'  Ohl  Country,  lir  li!u-ii''ii  like  a  Irntierloot, 
1:ioui:iit  lioiiM-ir  \.Tv  wick".!,  anil  wa,-  <,da(l  the  old 
luik^  (oul'i  not  h.'ar  hini.  IH-im'  lau.u'he.l.  lie 
knew  [lo  lin::  wouM  do  jM'U.nuv  for  that  swrar; 
juniMhiy  ne  would  .1:0  williout  ei-ar=  the  next  time 
lu   went   to  Sjinkanc. 

*•l.l^t.•:l  lo  the  vii'uous  DowiiiiiL'  breakiii,!:  the 
cl'Vdith  eoiniuaiidmrnl."  brokr  in  Cap,  while  l)ea.se 

cliucklrd.  •  I       -ii 

lla\inL'  now  introduiod  t!ie  four  minors   1^  will 

♦  xplain  that  thoy  wen-  huiiiiiii:  for  gold  on   Forty- 

iiiii-'  Cnrk.  ancfthrre  wa^  a  di-pule  as  to  wliether 

tiie  reL'ion  was  in  Uriti-h  (  ohiiiil)ia  or  tlu'  State  of 

Wa.-hington.     Sim  e   the   d.iys    of     this    story    the 

country^has  been  surwy.d  by  a  joint  coniinis.-ion, 

but  at' that    [M  riod   nobody   b'liliered  about    it,  and 

the  Briti-hei>  and  the  Ainoriean  had  innuuiorable 

fru'ndlv   s(iuabbles   on   tlie   r-iil«jeet  of  s.iveroi-nty. 

At  the'few  moments  they  did  agree  on  th''  Mibjoct 

1   thov  called     it     that   any     man's     land,    Hohemia. 

Wlien    thev    wrote    to   ea|iit.ili>ts    tliey    said    their 

jihieer  elauns  were  mar\elou.-ly  rich. 

"it  onlv  ne<(l>  a  little  mMiioy  to  enable  ns  to  put 

v.\>  a  tirr.'lL'f  and   make  miilions,"   D.M-e  wrote  to 

liir-   friends   in    New   York.     I'.ut  caijital   wa<  shy. 

Tiie  Eastern  mu    would  not  bile  at  all,  so  the  i'oui 


22 


'J"he     Dashing    Sally    Duel 


liiii!  to  isrt  alnni:  wiiIi  rixkci's.     'I'licv  jii-t  niannircd 
and   lav  liv  a   jitt! 


ilu'in  in  iKMn-  and  l).ir(in. 


"II   \\  liicli   to  l!a\.'  a   piTi 


bust 

ton    ; 


Ill  .'>|inkani' 


ll!-!l    ( 


dicai 


<iniiiii];,i  low  n-  wi'iT 


■  1. idy-^noiilv    \,,i  I:,.  Ill   wlini   ihrv   Ufiii    on   tlie 


It    wa-  a   wil 


til. 


Ah.ir:    t'fiw 


II    t'ViTN" 


intlui'iicf;    that    ttin;!.!    in   .-.(liim    n    \\,i~   a    wond 


(T 


that    ll'cv  did    n-n    |. 


iiM'   innri' 


n  tlifir  1) 


liavior  and  iiard'-mM  m  cliarailiT.      A-  a  'natirr  nf 
fact,    tlii'v    wcr.'    |ni:r    jnliy    ^^hm]     f.  iii.u-    ol'    ll 

[linlM'cr     ty]>('     (if     \vi;n!li       l|i( 


W.-t 


le 
-n      Iifir.id. 


.Stiaiiirc  as  it    iiiav 


!i   tlicir 


kaiK'  l;(l|i,d 
town  caiiK' 
I'lirtiinc. 


ti 


iinij    tllli'-    m    Sp 


nllllcd,    V.  1:1, r   (Hil    m|    that 


JlcUic'Mt-     ■Iiat     hrljird     to     mai.r     tllcil 


W 


IIM'    1 


n  tl 


tht-'ir    favorite    ri  -t, 
As  tlicv  nas 


If  citv  (ii;.    niirlit.  the  (luarifi  ciiterrd 


ill 


r;:i;'    tor   a    iii;dniL'lit    .-uiij 


^(Ml  a   pnv, 
le    entrance     iii\; 


at    tl 

glimpse  (d"  white  ar 
was 


ov   tliev  ,~aw   tl 


"■r. 


le  ciiriaia 


:i-:y    open,   and     caiiirht    a 


in~  :iiid  (lizzliJiL 


iionlder 


It 


Msy   to   "isi't   ai  i|ii,;i!ili(l,"   and   over   tl: 


the  fair-  one  proinisi'd  m  vi>it  t 


1 
train    on    tlie   war    1 


e   wm<> 


le  niini---.      In   the 


i:lek     ii>  \t     inorilJi.:      ihe      lidvs 

the  etfeet  that  ,-lie  was 
\\'  re  e(iually  nnaniiaons  in 


j)a--e(|  a  iinaniiiioiis  v>:i 

a  jolly  L'ootl  t'cllow.  hut 

the  helie}'  tliiit  sli(>  would  never  appear  at  t 

To  their  rrreat  snr])ri.-e  -lie  turned 

and  ex[)laiiie(|  tliat,  liavini:  a  nion 


le  crvf 


\h 


ih  -  vacation,  -Ik 


le  T)i; 


was  goin^  to  spend  it  n  th  them.      One  dav  «: 

on  miners'  elothes  and  they  all  dcelared  l-he  made 

"n  broth  of  a  boy/' 

It  gne?  without  sayin-  that  each  man  qnieklv  fell 
in  love  with  her,  and  each  knew   that  tiie  others 


w 


And    Other    Stories. 


23 


wfTP  violim.^  of  the  "(luLvn  of  IJulu'inia,"  as  they 

^■'('n'lo  ni-lit.  aft.T  til.'  (>uo.'n  had  rctirr.l  from  the 
(inlr  of  h.T  adnrcr^.  and  th<'  whi^krv  hotlle  had 
,,,--,,1  round  thrrf.  or  four  tim.s.  Downinjr  ro- 
;;,a-k,.d  that  he  \va>  'i.ally  wll  sick  of  four  n)on 
,h,-in"  onr  -ir!,  and  »a(li  Inin-  afraid  to  toll  ncr 
that  ^iH'  wa-  lii-  onlv.  ouU:  all  l.<vaus<.  it  mi.dit  he 
,„n.id.Tcd   a    lnw-d„.wn   Iri.-k   .m   the  ..Huts.  i 

prnpn^o.-'  1«."  wont  on.  -'that   nv  Jrt  the  .iiee  i=ettlo 
uhn  ^hall  have  tlir  first  cIuukv." 

'•  \  rorkin"  "ood  siiiri-'otion.  rcmarkod  tap, 
whii."  Frasor'i-nTd.  and  l>oa^o  was  und-r-tond  to 
.,v  that  it  was  th.'  onlv  s.n-iM.'  remark  lio  ha<l  ovrr 
i.card  Downing  inako  in  the  course  of  years  of  in- 

"'•((iiit  vour  foMlinii  and  iret  tliedire."  said  J)own- 
i„-  t,.  Dl^a.^e.  and  the  laii-r  -ot  the  "l,one<  " 

"•ll,.di  man  win-,  lii-t  llop."  l.e  su-'ested.  as  ho 
pla<-ed'  the  diee  en  the  little  tahle  in  the  eentor  ol 
t;;e  eahin,  and  the  rest  a-re-'d. 

••>Iiv  a-  well  <leeide  tn  make  this  throw  do  for 
thr'whHe  lot."  put  in  Cap.  '"Suppose  she  d.- 
flines  No.  1,  the  seennd  man  ran  try  next  and  so 
„r  Perhaps  the  one  who  throws  lowest  will  1)0  the 
buky  man.     Unlucky  at  dice,  lucky  at  love,  you 

Thi-  course  was  atrreed  upon,  and  Cap  wa.«  al- 
low..! first  throw.  The  .lice  rattle.!  on  the  tahic, 
an.l  lie  was  seen  to  have  an  ace  an.!  t^^;o  deuces. 

"Excuse  me.  l».>ase.  if  I  say  deuce  take  it,  he 
-eniallv  remarked,  'it  !.i<^ks.  however,  that  Im 
going  to  be  the  man  unlucky  at  dice. 


ti 


M 


The    Dashing    Sallv     Dud 


Down  in-  -nt  ci'^hu   Fr.i-rr    twHvr.  „n,l    FVa^o 

I      f''!ln\v«    tli.il     III    \-    wrrc 
it     ua.    ;irr,-in-v,|    ih.,t    lu- 

"X"il:illL'     !iki'    -rt    IF!  J     ll 

nowtiini:  .-.liil 


I  hf   (itli'rs.    ir.il     ■_: 
wi-hi'il    liiin    liK-k.    .n, 


ill''    M','Mn\     ..N.T    .|lli,klv." 

■""'  I'  }"\i'r<'  nMii-.,  ,]  uhv  thr  ii,..vt 
jiiiin  (^in  trv  t;:o  fnllnw  in':  ilnv." 

I».  i.-<'  .•li..>c  tl..  tn,;,.  M-  in..,,„Iii:!,(   f,,,-  1,;.  ^-no- 

'"-       '.';'';'f  t..-,.:!:,,:;,v,.  tMw:i-h  MP  .nbr.lin- 
iicr.   \^!ii!,'  lie  •••nuK    t;..    i,M!,m  n   lo   >,  ,.    \\ 
■ir-'i't    nil    t!.r     f:)!!.    ,,)■    i:.,',i!|„.,i,, 

a  wink  to  Iiis  '.-.  I'.,y:\r,;: 

I'f.-iM'    was    ilir   km, I   ,, 
ship-  arc  -Iku'!   and   -!:..:;i. 

-Voiir  Mij,-iv  wan!-  .'.  I',-:,-,,-,.  CuHori."  |„.  ,,t;,1 


M"   p.  rnii.ir 
'"   -ai.l.   with 

Ii'    i-"'Mp;llli(in-. 

Anirriiaii    wlin-,.   cnurt- 


'■  !'.a<iM|   an  ;ii'ni   ;ii..;ni,|   |,,,,.  „^|:. 


t.   I'-.'  ii'iLT 


liav."  v<M,r  pick  tn.rn  ti.:-  ini-.ini:  .■amp.  hm  |  ;,„i  in 
<luty  h.mn,!  i„  f,.ll  yuu  i^.t  th,.,.,/,  no;  ,  1.  .  ,,,r  ,„,„ 
for  tlu'  jdl.  than  yr.ur-  i;;rv.  X,,w  mn  I  fi]  the 
liovs  wnen   1   <:r{  l);u-k  tii.it   we  aiv  ,. II- ,.■.,., I  ■>•• 

"Well.  I  iidiiiirc  v.iir  ,',..  k,  Mr.  I '~  -"■  "  wi<  the 
rath.T  Mirpri.^incT  ntm-;.  -I  dnn't  mmd'vuur  irm 
ahoiit  niv  waist  a  hit.  -n  lun-  a.  it  -n;t-  vm,  to 
keep  It  thiTc-.  Im  an  im,.n>r!v  pr,,ri„;,l  p„,..on 
as  you  know,  so  you  will  imt  he  >iiipii.,.,i  if  1  ju-k 
}ou  how  Well  .-.lilc  are  ydi!  to  sup[)(iit  me-"' 

'*0h    th.-iv'Il  he  no  ili;li  ulty  ah„„t  tlui't."  fhoor- 
fully  lied  the  Ain.-rican.     'Tve  g„t  a  fourth  in- 


And    Other    Stories. 


25 


trro^t  in  our  placer  nnnc  ;iii(l  when  wo  p;_t  a  littlo 
K.i-t.T.i  capital  into  it   I'm  a  millionaire.  ' 

'•Voii  liiive  lua.le  iiie  a  |iro[M»al  nf  which  1  anj 
,1m  plv  pn.iHl.'"  ^ai.l  the  (lu.vn  of  I'.nheiiiia.  "and 
nnu  I  uill  test  vnur  I'-se.  I  cannot  -ive  you  a 
.l.rniite  re|.lv  tu-ni-ht.  hut  1  a-k  v.m.  a>  an  evi- 
,,,,„.,.  ,,f  i„,„:,  (i,i,.._-,vineiiih..r  we  have  only  k-'.own 
,,.„  1,  other  a  lew  .l,r.>.  aii'l  we  met  in  a  mos  un- 
cn.r^eutieiial  mainier-^l  a-k  vou.  to  >hnw  that  ;oa 
reallv  mean  well  hv  uk,  to  make  ..vn  {<>  me  that 
.ni.irter  intere-t   in 'the  mine.     Will  you  do  it.' 

Now  l)ea>e  wa^  no  fenl.  and  to  till  the  truth,  ho 
wa-  nnt  >o  head-over-he.U  m  ]n^>^.  even  with  this 
dainty  (.hu'eu   fi-om  Spukaiie.     lint  ho  tl'.nuL'iit  he 

wmihl  chance   it. 

"Whv.  .crtainlv."  ho  replied,  with  >oomin,_dy  ttio 
irreate.t  ardnr.  "••Tell  me  your  ri-ht  name,  and 
\nu  -hall  have  the  A>h,\  tu-m'|rn.w.  Then  when 
"will  \im  trivo  me  vniir  an-wer?'" 

•Mil  two  week<  time,  at  s  i>.M..  at  the  Ciour 
d'Alriie  Theatre.  Sj.nkane."  returned  .-he. 

\.)W  that  verv  answer  milv  made  Dea.-o  all  the 
mere  eurious.  It  vva.-  rummy,  to  >ay  the  |oa-t.  that 
a  la(,v  should  j:.«  to  Mich  a  imwic  hall  at  .-ucli  an 
hniir"  llnwever,  lio  delM-min((l  to  .-^.v  the  thin^ 
throu<di  Moreover,  as  he  had  not  heon  d.finitoly 
a,ro|.t'<'-i.  li*'  d.rided  to  ht  the  othor  men  i.n.pose 
t,.  the  <,)ueen  of  I'.ohemia.  and  ho  would  liold  hirf 
Pface  till  the  ni-ht  arran-ed  for. 

'I'ho  thnv  followin^r  niLdits  throo  dilToront  moii 
d.  -ired  to  sIk.w  tho  Uueen  of  iJoheniia  the  falls  ot 
Fnrtv-nino  Crock  hv  m<ionli,i:ht. 

The  uoxt  day  the  guo.  n  uf  Bohemia  was  miss- 
ing. 


II 


1 

f 

it 
f 

i 

mLm 

26 


The    Dashing    Sallv    Duel 


And  oaoh  man  of  tli-'  (piartotto  know  that  ho  lia-l 
a.-;sii:nt(J  his  intcR'.-t  in  the  mine  to  tlie  rni-iir-' 
girl. 

J>iit  nohody  said  a  wnrd. 

On  the  niorninir  nf  ihe  dav  npnn  wliirh  Dcaso 
had  arran-rivl  to  nir.i  tl:.' ^rirl  at  tlw  Spokane  inii-ic 
hall,  he  announ.rd  that  ho  intend. ,1  t(.  take  th<' 
tram  tn  town.  ( ■urinn-jv  cnongh,  carh  of  iho  other 
ni' II  had  husinc-.-  in  .^imkane. 

Still  nohndy  .Slid  a  word  on  the  suhjret  of  the 
(^ii'en  of  ISoheiiiia. 

It  was  dmn.T  tnn-  when  Spokan.^  wa.>  nadied 
■that   iiiLdit. 

"We  nia\-  as  well  ali  ,|ine  tn^.ther;'  said  D.'a-e, 
'•and  then.'"  he  ado.  d  miiocentlv,  '-i'm  ir„inT  to' 
take  in  thr  I'oair  .I'Al.ii,.  Tiiratre."' 

"So  am  I,"  .Slid  l»MuiiiM-  -M,.  too."  reiiiark-'d 
Lap.     "Also  iiir."  -ail!   I'immt. 

And    thon    ihoy    all    LniLdied.     Th,.    adventure 
promised  to  be  aiiiiHin-.      |l,,\v  w.iiild  it  turn  out 
and  wliat  ahoiit  tlio  111111.:-  ' 

Nine  o'clock  f.uin.l  ihe  .piartette  se,i!ed  in  one 
of  the  curious  little  Ih.\.-  at  the  niu-^i<.  hall.  'I'hev 
had  with.-tood  the  i. mpiaiions  of  the  gamhlin^T 
rooms,  the  photoi:rapii  maeliincs  ha.l  no  attrao- 
tions  for  them,  th-y  ha.!  even  pa-.,|  |,v  the  har. 
They  whispered  to  tli.  man  at  the  d,„,r  that  if  a 
lady  a.sked  for  tlieni  tin  \  were  in  the  l..,v.  Xmn- 
her  14  had  just  heen  .11111. mnced  a-  ihcv  t.iok  their 
seats.  With  lansruid  nirj.isity  thcv  lurned  to  their 
Iiro.irratnnies  and  saw  that  the  nam.-  oppnsite  the 
number  w.is  that  of  K.lward  H.iwanl.  fem.ile  im- 
])ersonator.  \n  suspi.!..n  ,,f  the  truth  entered  into 
the  lieads  of  th.'  KiiLrl-Iiinen.  but   Dcase  smiled. 


And    Other    Stories. 


27 


From  tlir  \vin?>  tiicro  stopped  a  dainty  virion, 
niiii  tuimiltudus  appliiu.-c  ^.'rrct.'d  uo  less  a  pfr^nii 
tiiiiii  "till-  (^iK'-'t'ii  (if  Uuhi'iiiia.'' 

"Ain't  he  a  corker  of  n  wnman."  tho  four  lioanl 
frnrii  a  fcinalf  vtiice  in  the  next  !)()X. 

.Iiist  then  a  note  was  hand.'d  to  each  of  tlio 
]iartv.  In  evrry  envelope  ihere  wa.-^  a  (locniinent 
P-latini,'  to  the  placer  tiune  on  Forty-nine  Creek, 
and  a  notr  whieli  ran  tlius: 

''If  vou  can  for-:ive  niv  little  joke  meet  ine  at 
tlie  Hianca  re-taurant  in  half  an  hour's  time,  and 
1  will  int  roil  lice  vou  to  -^oiiie  real  girls.  1  return 
the  (juartcr  intrn-t  in  the  mine.  Edward  How- 
ard, (^ueen  of  I'.ohemia." 

"I  vote  we  L'o."  >aid  l)ownin'_'. 
Thev  went,  and  in  Spokane  they  still  sometimes 
te!l  (,f'  the  wild  niirlil  indiil-d  in  hy  four  minera 
froni  -N'd  Man's  Land."  and  their  companions,  of 
whom  a  (iTtaiii  one  calle<l  the  "Qui'en  of  Bohemia," 
was  the  top  iiotcher. 

Shorllv  afterwards  the  much-wished  for  dredger 
appeared  on  Forty-nine  Creek,  the  money  I'-r  it 
i:avin_'  he(  n  put  up  l>y  the  same  <^ieen,  and 
r!,Mugh  the  creek  did  not  yield  its  millions  it  gave 
a  comfurtahle  sum  to  each  man  interest<'d.  The 
four  miners  are  married  now,  and  they  liave  not 
told  their  wives  of  that  glorious  niglit  in  Spokane 
wlien  the  Queen  of  Bohemia  turned  out  to  bo  a 
I'lan.  That  is  why  I  have  not  given  their  real 
names  in  telling  this  \eracious  story. 


ki 


i 


t 


28  The    Dashinjr    Sally    Dud 


••'i 


"lioiisrn.v  i;ii.i..s-  i;i.:\i,n,;|.;. 

NH   .pot       .N o^.  ,,    u.i.  -,..,,  .^-ur  15,11   !i,„|  ,-,,f  ri.l 

1''"-'>'  "•  <•■""'''"-.  'ii.t  if  i,„  i,,„     t    ,  ': 

"II    ;iiuli.,.!\    ||;i,|    ,,,  ,;       ji     ,     I        ... 
tit  '  i>     111,11    (l,l\,       (ii.    [■flii'i  rLi.,I 


'••■iri'    It    V\;ls    not    ,11,.. 

'.■■-  N|.  in  (;,,I,|,.„  c.inl,,,,).     In 


ri'i  .   ,,      ,    -      11   H,i>  nor   III 

1  IHIM-  Were   |,,Ilv  ,1,.|._ 


11  •  .         .  •'      ■ "  '  '"  "iiKicM  {  .in  1(10       Tn 

r:;'H^.;"j;'';'::;;:;:;';-'r''"r'' '"--'- 


or   p;iv.   ,    (in,.   .,r   s:,,,     uhi,,/^"' "V""'"'V-''"r  > 
«1arn.;i  r-voIviT  i~  w,„  wV  ""■'   "'""   ^'"^ 

''Arc      VMll     ii)     ynlir 

nsk.'il.  jis   111.    p;,i,')    ,1,, 
lii.--  cliiri.     "If  v( 


!-lit    mind    now.    Hili'>"    i 

•J:r:„r;;,:t:!';t;:,';:::rv;^'.':,'^?''^".? 


And    Other    Stories.  29 

TliatV  the  rcii.-on  he  ilixl  poor  aftiT  iiukiii-;  mil- 
lion-. 

••  I 'ilk in,!.'  your  iki-c  in,  as  ii-iinl,  rn-w.-y."  said 
I'.. II,  iiiid  till'  lalriiiio.-  '<(  lii>  laiiL'Uii;,^'  shuwi'd  that 
I:''  was  at  p<ac<',  rvtri  with  ilu-  liarbcr.  "Well, 
imiic  and  liavc  a  drink,  and   I  nia\   be  able  to  gi\e 

yni  an  iti'iii  for  tliat  (i d-^ —  paptT  at  the 

('i>.i-l,   wliich  dun't  kn'Av   thi-  trutii  wln-u   it  .sees 
i'l.  ' 

I  .-niilod  at  Hill's  littl.'  ph  isuUry.  It  \va.-  the 
Miiv  thin;.'  to  do. 

"A  little  beast  of  a  lawvcr  from  N'irtoria  ro- 
fiiH-l  to  have  a  drink  witli  iin'.  and  the  purxm 
.-I'l'p.ii  ine  from  patting  a  bullet  into  his  blue- 
Ivwilcd  hide,"  s;iid  Hill.  a>  a  givat  horn  of  hooteh 
(ii-.ippeared  down  Ins  throat.  "Von  eaii  bet  tliat 
III. ell'  me  mad.  I'.iit  I'll  g.  t  cvm  with  the  blank- 
< 'y.  blank  toad,"  lie  add.-d.  Whi'ther  he  did  or 
iMt  ,\ou  ean  determine  for  \oiir.-cl\is. 

That  same  nifrht  Kill  intnuhued  nir  to  T.awver 
I'likclfv.  1  didn't  like  thr  looks  uf  the  man, 
<  !iitr\vi>e  I  might  have  warned  him  to  be  on  the 
i' '  kout,  bei-auM'  when  "IJorMtly  Hill"  got  his  trm- 
]"r  up  in  the  trojiir-.  thing.-  wi-i'c  bound  to  happen. 
Ti  !•  mere  fael  thai  Hill  wa-  >o  frimdly  with  the 
hi.:-'  lawyer  man  aftrr  the  morning'.-  e.xp-rienee 
1  :  gilt  to  have  made  the  laMir  (autioiis.  lloufver, 
b'-  uas  grrcdy  to  get  rirli  (|iii(k,  and,  like  most  of 
1.  -  -"It.  went  n-Mfly  iui-t  in  Ilic  atti-mpt.  Hut.  as 
t::i'  ladv  muelist  .siv.-,  I  am  anticipatiii''. 

11*1  '  1  '^ 

I'likeley,  who  wa-  by  no  iii.mus  aver.-c  to  makiiiij 
iii'iicy  in  a  1(jo,-c  way  so  long  a.-  hi.-  mbr  was  not  iu 
e'.iiiL'iT.  had  had  a  etiaiigc  of  heart  eonrerning  Hill, 
b'lause  the  Gold  King  had  hinted  at  a  .-ehfuie  by 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

will,  u  T)iik(].>y  couM  p'i  rid  of  what   h 


was  a  valiit'le 


had  cost  liirn  to  1 


■"v^  clami   li;r  llio  tl 


MU      It. 


Wore   cliiiriiniilv  1 


'I'hat 


•'   tlioii^'lit 
lou-aiid  dollars  it 


the  full  (jt'tails  of  t 
to  tril  thf.-ti. 


ton/iii;,'    t/)^'.'||i(.r.        I 


1-  vvliy  the  pail 


never  licard 


-clionio,  |j.raUM.  |{,|1  refused 


rni  not  adiirii:  t*  p)  to  jail 


the  satisfact 


8iiid   wlien   1    j 


"'11    "I    l''ttlll'r  eV( 


j.ul  jii«t  yet,  I'von  for 


course  voij  wi 
other  these  tl 


•  I' 
i!,! 


■I    I 


liHi     nn    tJ 


n  with  iMik.'h'v,"  I 


10 


If     su 


"iiMii  t  I.  11.  my  l)ov,  but 


g.rt. 


Of 


iiii''- 


All  I 


L'rt  amuii,] 


>oiii('ii()w  or 


"•«"  ahl.'  N)  cither  w;us  that  someone  mid 

the  awyor  'salted-  lu<  elaim.  If,,  p,,,  the  e| aim 
on  the  market  after  el,.„i„.  ,,.  ,!,,„  ^^^J;'';^ 
IJie  nu^'^'ets,  an<l  l'^i  xi,.mi()  for  it.     One  of  iUW- 

^-ts^OU.ht    the   ..,.,,,.       Dnkeley    „„;:  iV^;!;.;! 

^.W  of  Ins  on-inal  n.w-tmenl.  ,uid  hefore  he  left 
^.oeamp  he  endured  .!.•  a^ony  of  ...in.  '.jfo  !e- 

ily  Hi  I    take  *•>:.  ...MO  ,„  ,„,,,  .„^  ,,,.  „;,  .!     ■; 

i-une.'  Bm  Hill  hadiM  d„ne  with  his  linle  fe;d 
he  lawyer  I  am  mmv  he  had  .leternnned  to  live 
han  penniless  out  of  t!..  e.Mu,.  hut  I  e  ,li,!,rr  ,,„i  ,! 
inana.^o  to  do  that.  V.,u  ..  .  t  eni  ,rei  'k m  a 
ehyster  lawyer.  '   •  mu  a 

The  Canhoo  Cold  Kin-  went  to  .^r.-M  lenWln 
to  have  hi.  reven,'e  „,,..„  Dukelev.  '  ()„,.  do,;' 
have  to  be  a  lawver  tn  know  that  Ins  ae„on  were 
cnminal.  However,  h,  •,  dead  n^u  an,!  <■■  es  ,  t 
a  rnp  for  Jiritish,  nor  any  other  kind  of  eart  Iv 
justice.  "-uiiHiy 

Dukelev  announced  o„e  dav  that  he  had  had 
emm.h  of  the  uold  fie!,],,  and  was  about  to  etu  „ 
to  \  ictoru.     He  expre.^>d  the  confident  belief  that 


•":  lf_  : 


l€. 


.  K   --s  •*•  f 


Tj- 


And    Other    Stor 


I.  s. 


31 


"irorKcflv  Bill"  wc.ul.i  v.>t  st.ui.l  in  a  rriLiirml's 
<l'Kk,  and  tli.-  fcrvont  h()|M-  ih.it  lie  wmuM  Ik'  al- 
luwi-d  to  {)row(ute  him.  Hr  wntil.l  a>k  im  f.-,-  from 
th.'  pjvcrniiicnt  to  uct  a.-  cuiim'!  for  the  (."ruwu, 
ill'  nriiarkf.l. 

When  \\\\\  heard  this  (he  air  amun.l  wa-s  rich 
Miih  many  u  rhc.ieo  ^rramiiiatiral  expre-s.un  which, 
iHihaf.pily.  cannot  he  ^\svx\  tu  tiie  polite  svurhi  of 
lo-.hiy.  Hilt  lie  suore  that  Mir-ter  Dukel.y  would 
}'ay  ttimii;.'li  tlie  pcnket. 

Within  a  we.^k  the  hiwyer  set  out  for  Yale  m  a 
priv.ite  Htat'e.  He  earned  mo>t  of  his  il!--otieu 
u.-,i!th  with  fiim  within  the  vehicle.  He  had  sent 
a  hw  thousand  dollars  hy  re;,Mster"d  mail  a  f.w 
u^.^k-  h<-rore  to  a  liank  in  "Victoria.  All  u.'nt  well 
till  a  roadhoiis.'  ahout  seventy  miles  from  Yale 
was  reichrd.  There,  over  the  "dinner  tahle.  Diikp- 
h'v  ^'ot  into  conversation  with  a  .-tranirep  who  had 
niudi  to  tell  him  of  tlie  lat.-si  news  in  \'ietoria, 
and  the  more  recent  happ.iiin^s  in  tfie  outride 
wnrld  as  brMii>,'ht  from  San  Francisco.  The 
strariu'er  had  n  ade  a  hurried  trip  from  the  Pacific 
feast,  and  wa^-  iidl  of  i^ems  wliich  were  intensely 
Hitcrestinp  to  a  rnaa  whe  had  Ik,  u  huried  for 
i!!"ni}is  in  a  nortliern  niininj,'  camp. 

"Which  way  are  you  eoin^'?"  Diikelev  asked  of 
his  new-foiiiid  friend,  when  the  staire  "driver  an- 
nni:nred  that  it  was  time  !m  be  movin>r  forward. 
"Well.  I  have  to  po  to  Barkerville.  but  I  have 
hft  siune  import^int  docarnent.s  at  Yale,  and  munt 
return  for  them  before  rpsuinin<j  mv  journey 
i"M-th."  answered  the  stranger.  "1  am"  goin<'  on 
the  next  stage  down."  ° 


.-TS 


32 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


"I  can  gladly  give  you  a  lift,"  remarked  the 
lawyer. 

''Tliat'f:  very  gand  of  vdii,"  was  the  reply.  "Are 
you  ?UTe  I  ?hall   nut  iiu'inveniciicc  ynu  ?'' 

A~  Diikf'lcy  hastcrxd  to  an.-wcr  in  the  negative 
the  Ptrangor  was  fuiccd  to  ])hice  his  hand  over  his 
mouth  to  hide  wliat  was  <  itlier  a  snide  or  a  yawn. 

It  was  getting  dii-k  v,  lis-n  the  stage  started,  and 
there  was  Ptill  ten  i:iiles  to  go  In  lure  the  stage 
would  reach  the  pna^ihuiise  wiiere  Duk-'IfV  intended 
to  put  up  for  the  iiiglit. 

Ahout  half  the  (h-ianee  had  heen  covered,  the 
ftranger  beguiling  the  way  with  hi<  interesting 
recdrd  of  late  hap[ieiiin;r3.  All  nf  ,i  sudden  the 
driver  heard   tlie  t  vy  : 

"Halt,  and  thmw  up  ynur  hands." 

The  driv.T.  a  hu>kv.  t'earles<  man.  thought  -nme- 
bodv  was  trying  ti'  fi:i.:l!ten  Iniu.  and  called  bat'k: 

"(_iO  on  and  take  a  nnnitle  to  \'iiir>elf." 

"Hold  tli<i.-e  Imr-i  -.  1  tell  yen,'"  e;inie  the  voice, 
now  almost  under  ii.~  nose,  "or  Til  bl  hv  vuur 
head  otV," 

This  indieatioM  tl.at  Imsine-^s  w.i-  'iieant  caused 
the  driver  to  nhiy  tiie  mandate  with  a'acrity. 
Meanwhile  inside  tk.e  -tage  a  hornele  dtx-d  had 
heen  enaeted.  The  -'ranger  had  -midenly  Uiken 
a  small  packet  from  hs  poeke*  and  tiui.L'  the  con- 
tents in  the  face  of  hukeley.  The  inside  of  the 
roach  became  stifling  in  an  instant.  The  lawyer 
fell  back,  overcome  with  the  cayenne  pepper  that 
had  been  thrown  into  his  face,  while  the  stranger 
jumped  out  of  the  ~tage,  takiriL'  Dukeley's  box  of 
gold  dust  and  nugirets.  As  he  de-(t'nde<l  from  the 
vehicle  he  closed  ihc  door  so  that  his  victim  should 


■-i*^ 


1 


And    Other    Stories. 


33 


rATitiniif'  \n  ,L'<'t  tliP  rlTcrt-  nf  tlio  prpp.>r.  Outside 
thi'  -traiiirtr  jnint'd  tlic  dIIkt  hiijliwawiian.  and  bt"- 
twfi'ti  tlicra  thrv  hound  the  >ta,Lr('  driviT  to  a  con- 
Vftiit'ut  tnv.  'i'lif  linr-o-^  of  till'  .-ta^'i'  uth'  tunit'd 
lon-r.  and  tlKii  aticiitioii  \va.-  paid  to  hukrlfy. 
Till'  lauvtT  was  sutri'rin;.'  iiit-n>f  pain  l)i'<.ni-t'  of 
till'  prpptT  in  his  ovis.  lie  was  tak'wi  to  tiir  load- 
-idf  and  also  hound.  The  -tau'i^  it.~rll'  w.i.-  ift't  mi 
th>'  niiddlc  of  tlic  mad.  'J"hc  two  rolihrr-  carrii'il 
Ihf  ho\  of  LTold  a  frw  hundred  vard-  ahiir_'  ihr  road 


to  whiTf  thori'  was  a  liudit  vi 


.t.i,.1 


altaiiiril  to  a  jiair 


of    f,l~t    lloIX'S. 

That  was  tho  la-t  (■v(>r  m'.h  in  I'.riti-h  ( 'oluinhia 
of  that  couidi"  of  Lray  r^hhiTs.  The  followin^j 
iiiorninir  a  I'arty  of  rniinT^  catin'  acros,-  tlic  two 
liiiuiid  rtun  and  nl'^aMd  thrU!.  DukfK'V  never  fully 
rirovei-ed  the  u-e  nf  lii>  eye-,  atiij  he  certainly  never 
-■  t  thoM'  eves  on  hi-  L'old  aL'ain. 

W  li'ii  the  new-  of  th'-  !  oldup  reached  I'.arker- 
ville  iiMh.  dv  connectiM]  "Ih'r-'llv  Pdll'"  with  it.  and 
whatever  sus[)icion>  1  had  I  naturally  kept  to  my- 
self. 

Ihit  Bill  crot  drunk   tliat  lu-dit. 


34  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


THE  BELLK  OF  SPUZZUM. 
WinsKEY,    women    and    (rnlfl       n-]  „  , 

<li-'-tri(t  of  Canl),,,,  w,i.  not  tlip  ri<-li(-f  ,nrf  of  /i  I 

woro  partn.Ts.     Whi-k,,; 
discovery  of  t)i( 


ftlaci'iv, 
ill'    pat 


''■'I  Macau  lay.  They 
ami  a  woman  Ird  to  the 
/iii'i  Hill  iiaiiir,!  the  re- 
It,    -tin.    .    t]j,.^    ^^^j.^ 


gion  because,  ;is 
a.>i  bitr  as  hordes."" 

Tlio   Indian   (rili..;  ;,lnnn-  fl.e   Fr-,-or.   r>-  x-i. 

include  amon-   their  ,l  '"'"*'''  '^''^ 

again-tthr'^^t!  ";-^:;Ai:'h''r'';f''";;^* 

canyonwiK^theii.,,,;;-';.,^;;^  ''^;  ''-^^^ 

^;^n  r 'civd- ;  r;,;;;;va;r  '(i-,:;;- '';;'"'? 

thispar,ic.laru.„,.nu;;|v'V  ;:;:':;:^'-<^ 
a^pouv  ^loMtheFn,...Hiv,:;ins^  '",/:? 
any  pmussional  h.^autv  in   \eu-  Vn  1    *     i  , 

thirty  Indiarw  and  ^.u,-  ^Uute  L.: /;;■'•, '"^^ 
because  of  her.  fn  thi.-ki^^'  of  ,  ul^T^  "'" 
remember  what  Siwa^l.  Jim     J     V  ^  "'^T' 

clown  by  the  Capda,  .  '  W  ,  'h'"'  ""'^  '^'l 
blood.- he  remarked.  '  ^''•"  "^'-^'n^  "f 

Have  you  ever  notir.-d  that  wherever  there  ,'= 
joh]  there  ,«  alwavs  an  \merican.  an  Kmd  hm," 
a  Scot,  and  an  Tnshnian  to  he  found 'inih; 
Irusor  Rner  ru.sh,  as  to  the  Klond.k      ,he  "ro      ^ 


And    Other    Stories. 


3S 


ion  ion" — n?  tho  Tmliiin-  rail  tlii>  American? — 
wt'n  ,n  the  majority.  A-  far  as  tlie  United  Stntc-s 
was  conrerniMi  n^t  a  few  of  iheso  wanderers  left 
Ih'ir  C(jmitry  for  their  couMtry'?  ;:ood.  American 
adventurers  always  hn\o  a  lo'en  noM'  for  new  pold- 
firlds.  Turn  iij)  the  (dd  fih's  (d"  the  San  Francisco 
Ilcrahl — if  there  are  any  hft— and  it  will  be 
found  that  there  was  more  cxciiemint  in  California 
nviT  the  Fraser  IJiver  discnvcriis  in  l^.'S-t;!)  tlian 
there  was  in  tlie  F.riti-h  territ'iry  where  the  ^old 
exi-ted.  T!;e  ladie-  of  luve  atid  lei-ure  tlo(ke<l 
northward  ;  iJallou  -tarteii  a  Fraser  River  exjjress 
sei'vico  overland  from  Calif-irnia  to  the  ;;o;!lields; 
W(  lis,  Far;,'o  were  ijuiekly  on  the  .-cene,  and  many 
of  the  wild  and  woolly  iharaeters  who  had  made 
San  Francisco  tno  Imt  to  linM  them,  found  escape 
from  the  Vi'dlaiire  Committie  on  the  Fraser  Kiver 


pnX ■ 


hars.  They  introduced  whiskey  and  small 
the  cur.-es  of  the  Siwa~li.  The~e  reckle-s  char- 
acters were  ;:uilty  of  {\i'n\r^  that  brou^dil  out  the 
worst  pas-ions  (d'  the  re.i  -kins,  and  it  was  the  ac- 
tion of  ahandoneil  "I»o>tiiii  nil  n"  which  precipitaterl 
the  outrap'  at  tlic  Hiir  i»end  Canynii.  the  iu^tory 
of  which  is  written  in  rcfl  on  the  loteni  pol(>s. 

The  woman  in  this  case  was  Miwan  !a,  daughter 
of  Chief  Jack.  She  was  seventeen  years  of  age, 
and  an  ideal  jiicture  of  a  girl  in  rt't\  at  the  time 
the  Devil's  Dance  began  on  the  hanks  of  the  Frailer, 
She  was  tl  e  belle  for  a  hundred  miles  around  Spuz- 
zurn,  and  many  a  brave  had  lo>t  tus  heart  to  her 
brfore  ever  the  tramp  of  white  feet  was  heard  at 
Yale,  or  tiie  fiK)tprint  of  a  "Boston  man"  \v;i3 
left  on  the  riverV  samls.  Her  father  considered 
no  man  of  the  nearby  tribes  rich  enough  for  hie 


I' 


36  The    DashJn.sT    Sal!'     Oucl 


bonuty.   wt  >)...  only  r,.-,  "I.'.-,]  ,     .i.u-  iwoM- 

tlc-  (.1  uM-k.-y.  ;iii,l  tiiincl  oiiL  t..  '.  i!(Mr  .\\  tJie 
pri.T.  \(  .Miw.ir;,!,,  1,,„|  Imv,,  ;i  u-.t  .  ;,■!  l.or 
Jigur.'.  11,  v;in<,iH  M.iurs  of  iin.lr.-.  uuuM  Inve 
adiinnilily  sum.-,!  t!,r  pnli!i>li..r-  ..i  cTt.ii-i  -'ii-i- 
tmi.il    ,IIu>tr,i;r,!   ,„r.,.lir,,|-.     Sl„.   u;,-   ,ha,    ),,,;,! 

'■•"^'■''  i^  J'i''  fi'i.-t  hnnrli  of  l.,v,.!in,.-.  J  ),;,vo 
:?'"-''""  '  -"-'"'^  '^  '-i^i;Mn...l,-.,uii;r-.-  vMKirk..,] 
^'■';"'  ';'.^  '"  !!'•  ••  -  .11  li-  u;i~  ..ii;.,|  N,.,|.  aii.l 
Jm.I  nnly  jii^;  ..,,,,1,  iiurlli.  It  i-  ,,.r'um  tl:,.!  ho 
wouM  n.-v.T  h.v..  -...„  ,li,.  ■■,!,,„„„, i  ,.,,„nM-v"  if  it 
y"'   ""'  '';:■■   <■">•  .'^     ^^■-■111   n  !>•  I:.'  r.,-,iv.:,]   fmm 

tilr     >;lll      I-MIlr|.cn     \     _,I,.n|,,,     C,.;,,,,,!!!,...    ,,„-■     fillC 
"""■'""-•        ^^  '•'■"    1-    -'  •    !li;it    l.!lrl-,l,,ux     M,„.,ul;,V 

•;i"'"'    ""f  "!"  "   '^'    •:•'■!■  nf   In,  ^nin^   f,,,,,,    Sail 

V".'-''"'"'--,.^^''"'^'    '■'''■'•^~ '■"'"^"■'^  '■'"?"■  l-",ks 
<'r  I-i-.iMT    I  iiri    M,i!.  ..      rhim.Ml   in   uith- 

"\^';v  '!-n-t  v..  ,.,•:..:!  h,,-?-  Tin,  vv;,.  a  hit 
=''"'^''  ''"''■"I  \vnnirn.  v.:>  i,i:ii:,.r  h,,u-  .■nii,in-  lie 
-ot  Im.  ,!,.^,-,f  nt  'l-r:!.:-;,  ih,.  v,.;,r  K.n-  K,!war(l 
wa^;  horn,  l.ut  tIhk  k.^  '..irnin-tn  ik.-  .k^.r,  |-,r  fh 
♦  ■xcitftiimt  <if  San  kkan-i,,.,,.  aiiii 
of  the  iifan-i  ikin-  in  k;.  naiivi-  v 

"Til.'  n!,l  ,!,M.r  ,_^^.  -  a    iVlInw  n..  r), m,-..."   .aid 
>ra<>au!av.     '-H,.  k,-.,.-  .1   |Mvt,v  wa'rkfk,!,  ,r  „„„- 
what  k-.,:.y.  (.\,.  nn  h;-    /.   .niiii-  |m  ,,  !,.- 
,  '■'"■-   '""    '"•"•-   ""'    :   n.l    ,,f   !h,    ;„„,],.   to   kH>i) 
those  .ye,  on,. I,  all  t!i.    i  k,,,..-  anM^.r,.,)   Makinrv 

Am!  ,1  ua-N>l,en  (  k,   f  .la,k  f.'i  a  vi.-tnn  lo'ono 

'V'-''  '''~  ■'"'  ''"''■'"^  kav.ovrrl -,  1,,;,  .„,;,„,,. 

whisKiy   wa-    intro,liH  ■.!   fl„i.    ;.,,  ,;:..„  „.|   ,,(•    ^[j 
M-an.I-     f.-r    tuo    l„,iii,..    ,,f    Sente!,.      T),,,    ,yh\<]i,'v 
'•am-  iron:  ;ko  .toiv  oi   u,.  ^y..,:   ;„,  ooninanv    and 


lie 

'  ral    havols 


And    Other    Stories. 


37 


I 


way.  tlifTrfurf.  ^<)0(1  in  tlir-  -i^ht  of  all  m'^n— no 
iiiiilt.T  the  color  of  th.'ir  ^kiIl^.  P>iit  il  brought 
(i.iiiiiiatinii  am!  lilootlslifil  tn  Piiir  f'anvon. 

'•Well,  old  Chief  Jack'<  a-^  <lnink  a^  a  fi.Llli'r, 
ami  IfKjkinu'  for  more  hooz'>."'  paid  ^laloii''}'  to  Ma- 
raiiiay.  "N'lw's  vour  chain e  to  gel  tlu.'  girl  you 
diin't  want  to  leave  behind  ymi." 

Macaulay  sought  the  chief,  and  a  bargain  was 
struck.  When  tlie  two  hutlle-  <d"  Scot«-ii  had  been 
.-ufcly  deliwred,  and  Chief  Jack  had  duly  sunpled 
b..th"  he  called  his  daughter,  init  on  hi.-  nio.-t  dig- 
nili'd   manner,  and  addre--.'il   her  thus: 

■•.Miwanda,  the  whilr  man  ha~  fnuml  favor  in 
i!iv  eves  and  wi-he-  in  bel.:i._'  to  the  trilie.  ~()  that 
\\\:>'n  I  go  to  tlie  haiijiv  huiiiing  ground-  you  and 
l;i'  mav  reign  in  my  .-lead.  1  therefore  give  \>m  to 
him  in  marriage. "' 

Xmw.  Miwanda  w;i-  n^  fool.  She  leaked  at  her 
fathi'r,  she  Inukrd  at  Mnaulay,  and  she  limked  at 
the  two  bottles  •.''  wlii-k'y.  She  knew,  and  the 
JHik  in  her  eyes  was  not  favoralde  to  a  |ieaeeful 
honevmoon.  "Slie  had  had  other  thouLrhts  of  her 
future,  being  beloved  by  a  young  buck  who  re- 
joict'd  in  the  tran.-lated  name  of  Cow-hoe.  Tins 
\oung  fellow  luu!  followed  Miwanda  to  her  father':? 
"lent  and  heard  the  infamous  ,-ent<  tice  of  marriage. 
As  the  chief  pronounced  the  word  marria'je  Cow- 
hoe  nni>eles,-ly  stole  away.  IIo  came  l)ai  k  1:1  a  min- 
ute, clutching  at  a  dagger  in  his  breast.  'l"he 
sight  that  mot  hi-  eyes  only  intlameti  hi-  ]r,\^- 
sion.  Macaiday  was  -bowing  Isliwanda  lieautiful 
article>  of  adornment.  He  was  wooing  her  in  the 
up-to-date  fashion  of  the  while  man,  and  it  was 
novel  to  her. 


If' 


38  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

With  a  shout  nj'  rn-o  Cow-lioo  da.h..,]  into  tho 

b        h..  hU.T  u-a>  r.,.,|v  for  him,  an.]  a  bwll  'tin' 


Kivcr  ^^Did   riisii. 

In-taiillv  aJl  wa-  in-nn'ritinn  in  t 
paddlcis  t(xik  word  of 


ia.>  at  Fort  I.aii2l«  v. 
the  Brit'^^h  ^'uiiii.t-  ai 
<'an_vnn  at  the  hca.l  ..i 
Hritisli  law  aiul  tlir  i 
larval  (.fl'cct  on  the  in!' 
procfcdi'd  to  arraii_. 
ri'aclir.l  thf  carnj)  on  ,■, 
•■hurcli  ahvavs  cain,'  l„ 


,  ,  ''  'amp.     Fast 

"I"  "•a^fdv  tn(;<,vrrnnrDou.T. 
Af' mwhile  C.lnn.l  AfrM^dy.  of 
;■•'  Nijij.Prs  arriv.M]  at  the"  'b!^' 

■I"  insi_,iificant  J'nm>.  {'.n't 
'^■'j'-ty  of  red  j,.,rkpt>  had  a 
"'I'  nt  camp.  Colon.d  M,,ody 
■  an  en.piiry.  'J'h-  troona 
Sunday,  and  with  tlieclonel 
'■«'  \vnrhllv  duty. 


'iuc-ted  .ervi..  ...  ,h,    1,,,,,,  ,nh;  r     :     a,      f^;^ 
nmHT.  heard  the    |.„r,r.   I'raver  for  thM    -t  t  rn'o 
in   many  m,„m^.     Th.    f„,lia„,   wat. 
•""hip  imrn  a  (h'-:aii;r.  ;,, 


th.'   wor- 

,,         ,.    .  nia-iifeste.l  'Teat  interest- 

.nthen.:,^o„.,.,,,.,,,,,,,;,..,,f.^,,,^^,,,j^-  '"'^    ;t 

the  ..emee  0,l„n..l  M ;,       •  ,kly  .,„  .!„un  to  buZ 

n."s.      It  wa.  only  fiy,.,:„n„tes  after  the  la/t^a.nen 
ha    he  wa.  .xa.nnmi^  u  i-ne^se..      The  in.nie^ru^ 

J'oh    ma.:hantywhi.h.!.ld„tyf„ra.,.'; 
Oiit.-i.ie    til,.    .: hack    tl'..    rni.n     I,   i-    i     i    l 

plante.,andhventy.,.,MCnX:e.;^l/;;:;L^^^^ 

.Ma(aula\    an.I   Malon.v  -,ye  evi.len.r,  an.]  a  niN 

;.ral    u.nh..t    U;.<   ea>,!v    reaehe.I.   vix.     nmUX 

ojv-hoe.   j.M.fiahle   ^l.tin.   hv    Ma^aula  .     The 

latter,  howeyer,   wa..  ..erely   fi„..,i   f,,  ...ipph-  ng 


And    Other    Stories. 


39 


I 


I'ljuor  lO  an  Tn<lian.  On  account  of  tiio  nnl  lAocxl 
l'  ,it  liiui  1)1  vn  ^f>il!('il.  and  hecau?!'  of  his  red  wife, 
Ml', inlay  I'vcr  after  was  known  as  "lltMl." 

'I'lit'  riiurdtT  of  tlio  old  chief  and  t!io  deatli  of 
Cu-hoc  riiarl\<'d  only  the  bcixiiminij;  of  bloodshed, 
'"li'd"  Macaulay  knew  ciioui:h  ahout  tlie  nature  of 
Iii.liaii-  lo  riMli/.''  that  lh<>  whit's  at  Spn/inim, 
u  here  .iicrc  were  no  -oldii'i-.  \\<'i'c  in  daiipT.  Coio- 
!:■  I  Moody  and  hi-  iikii  wi'ic  forced  to  ri'turn  to 
li:'-  -'lutli.  ^o  Micaiilay  called  a  miners"  nieeim;^'. 

■"Mineis."  said  he,  "ue  are  in  a  danp'rims  posi- 
t!titi.  We  have  e.it  tu  face  tiie  mu-ie.  Thnse  lu- 
(iians  will  never  re.-t  till  they  liave  aven^'ed  tlio 
<i'ath  of  their  chief,  ('nw-line  killed  him.  Imt  they 
\vill  Maine  me.     Will  you  .-land  hy  nie.  hoys?"' 

■■^'cpu  het  your  hooisl"'  -houtei!  a  man  in  the 
cfMud.  and  the  as.-eiit  was  t.iken  up  all  amund. 

■"Well,  kids,  we  will  have  to  take  the  initiative,"' 
Weill  on  Mae.iid.iy.  "()\\r  he-i  plan  will  he  to 
iiiareh  ti)  l.niii,'  liar,  whep'  the  mam  liody  uf  the 
IndiaMs  is  encampeij.  surprise  tlie  red.-kins,  and 
(MiH-lude  a  treaty  nf  peiee.  At  least  that  is  my 
idi'a:  has  any  'ine  j:ot  a  hetter  -u,<_';:estion  to  ofTer?" 

"Kill  all  the  damned  red-kin-;  don't  leL'a  sipa 
a  p.cMce  treaty,  wipe  tl;e  lot  otf,""  exclaimed  as  cx- 
citahle  l''it",li.(  'anadian. 

"In  my  npinion  that  wnuld  he  fully,"  said  Ma- 
caulay. "In  the  first  pla<  e.  there  are  too  many  In- 
dians in  the  country:  >econdl'-,  that  would  put  us 
in  conllii't  with  the  L.'overnineiu  ;  thirdly,  tliese  In- 
dians will  be  useful  to  us  later  on  as  guides  and 
miners."" 

The  policy  of  peace  was  adopted.  Then  Maloney 
had  his  little  word  t^i  say: 


40  7lic    Dashln^r    Sally    Dud 

"W..    'nwM    ),Mv..    ,    ,,.pt.i„."    ),„    ,v,,:,rk,,l.      -T 
lias  r<  ill  irr.'t. 

:H-..nul     h..n  ..„,,.,!,..,,,■  ,n,,...  ton,,.  n.Ul.,1!! 

;,'-",;"'  "'^^"""■7"-  M.  ih,.  h„„,.  -,;,„,„.,,    ,„, 

tli-   tl.'.c_    Mi..:n,!,r.    :u„i    h,-   jurfv.   ;;„  J  p.l-ul l,| 
••■""'"■''     '"•  "-   "'.-•'^'-      li-'-r..  rn.rn.r..   ,,„   ,,„,,k 

'7;; ':''-;M-m,|   :    .,.,1  th,.  n,..-..hi,.rt,.  nuke 

';,'•;";'■  ''-'■';■'"  '"'"'"m-"  i;iu.r  ,:„,],.„„: 

'■'■f "!'""■'■'■  "■"  ""  '■'■'-■'•  "■""!'!■'  ^viih  ,- !:'.;,;. 

r     "--'    -l:'-"..:    n,,.."    ,hn,„h    rv-„„„,ihI„V„; 
t    -M,r   nak    u,,>  .!-„  ■:..  ..h„.rnMrn;,H.„t   in  J 


OUnil^'    the    uhitr.-    fi 

thir-ty  riati\cs. 
^facaiihivV 


'•    .■.'!.., ,>:ali,, 11   i>\    the   hlnod- 


nindc    for   \]\i'    ■'nl.U'u 


'"'■"     ."'!iiM  .lia'rly     ,!;Jr,n,',.,] 


nf    Carih, 


.imi 


'li'i'l"'  and 


In.  parl,„r  w.-r-  fh-   C-,    to  pm,.,,.,!    ,..  ,,  .at   l" 

cam.   known  as  th.   I|.,.-,,lv  1^ trv.     T  'v  h  J 

toomlun.  mn..hhar,l--:,  „„  „,„,,,.     .„•    ,„      I 
Miu-an.!a    a<co,„nan,,  ,1     Marauliv.      Hn.     u,.       [', 


•n'     h''     -(HIM 

-nn- ,..„...  Knu,:::,.;;:::v:;;„'-:,,r;'zr 

Jl.-t'ot   r„l  of  1,„  i„  ,,   ,„.,„Ii,r  „,v/'t!,.,   i,,;,^ 


And    Other    Stories. 


4« 


p  -'v  rr;i(l,f'i!  (^ui  >iii'i  I'ork.-  lircil,  i]i.-;;\i.st.'i1.  and 
:i  Ml, -I  l;n[ii'|i>-,  'I'lu,'  i>n'ii  hail  ahoiil  iiiaiK'  up 
t!;i"r  inni(!-  [n  ^'o  hai  k  to  the  I'nitt'il  Stiitts.  Tt'ii 
(ln!!iir.-  WiL-  all  tlicv  ha^l  in  cash,  and  thoir  pruvi-ion^ 
\^..i:!(l  rint  la-^^t  rniiif  tlian  a  uftk  lon^'or.  Bill  was 
(U]t  [ini<{if<tiii^'  (iiif  day,  and  Maiaulay  sat  in  the 
liiili'  ti-nt  (.'leaning  his  nvnh.T.  \\>'  was  turnin;; 
o\' T  in  hi-  iiwn  mind  wh'lhtT  thf  rn-h  for  j^'uld 
u  i-  \vi  rth  all  the  a<vMni|i.ininir  hardship  wlun  he 
l.-ard  a  st('[i.  F-onkiti;,'  up  hf  Iji'Iu'M  the  ipixTrst 
(har.iiicr  h*'  had  ^^•t■Il  in  all  hi-  lra\t'ls.  lie  al'tcr- 
w.iril>  dc-irihi'd  hi-  vi.-itur  a.-  "a  man  in  a  lar^ie 
(anva-  nvrivhirt  and  a  lni;:i'  irr.'V  h-'ard."  The 
siraiiLTiT  «'V«'d  Mai'aiila}"s  rrVdlMT,  which  was  nf  the 
n''\\'"=t  typi',  and  said : 

"Sav.  Cap,  what  kind  of  a  stinntin:^'  irun  may  yo 
can   tliat  r" 

'•'I'his  is  the  latf-t  rovnlvcr."  n-plird   Maraulay. 

Tilt'  ncvvccmicr  pidh'd  niit  an  oM  ('olt'-  rfvolvcr 
tl'.i?  Inokt'd  as  if  it  ini;'ht  have  hcvii  the  tirst  madu 
in  t;if  manufactory,  and  .-aiil: 

"i  dnn't  hi'lievc  they  can  mak(>  them  as  ;:oiid  as 
t'lis  nuuadavs.  Thi>  nld  I'.jlnw  has  liccn  with  inc 
<  \iT  since  1  struck  thi^  country  live  years  ap),  ami 
I'll  shoot  a  match  vvitli  yoii  for  ton  dollars  a  side, 
jii-t   to  piove   my  words." 

"I'.iit  I've  .idv  pit  ten  dollars,  and  don't  care  to 
i;-k   that.      .     ::ay  need  it,"  said   Macaulay. 

'i'lie  caiiva.--.-liirt  man  looked  around  tho  tont  and 
siw  the  Iniiian  wonian.  llis  eye-  lisrhtod  up  just 
a-  if  he  hail  not  sei-n  anything  feminine  in  tlie  live 
\r:iv~  he  had  mentioned. 

'•I'll  t.;ake  the  bet  $1U0  against  that  woman,"  he 
declared. 


42 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


--  a  most  oxcolK.n,  ;,pj,or;;un     ''''''■'"'  ''-'^^  '''- 

.    "Hero,"  sai,]  ),p.  '•,,,,„  „,,„t  ,   .     , 

this  <=f„fr.''  "'"^'   "'""'"  <i'<^'-cs  J,.L^  more  of 

'"J'lio  dovil   von  ,1,,  ••  rf,„i;,.,i    ^r 

,     [    ,,     -^^•■'^^ii'nv.     "And 


sockets  as  h..  sf.oK,.        ^  ^    ^  ^"'^'"-  «"t  of  their 
I  don't  care''  'in  i.    r- i    n 

isn't  much  ^ood'fou  ','•,, "'^•^'^r'^"''-  "^'-''1 
oonntry  the"  rest  of  n,,.  ;'  ^''^'"f  ^  '^'^  '""  ^^^ 
The^nMcamefromo"V.       ;^:'    ;/".-'H   h.ro. 

what  IS  now  the  IIorMjiv      TK  l"  '"""^^''^  ^o 

resisting   Miwanda   hv   i-,',.   h„n7     '    '"^'  *'"-"  """ 
Wd  of  a,ain  anions  t!:i.vK'   ^"^   "'^'^   -ever 

-'Macaiilav  waited  for  IMI  f^      1 
then  „a^p„,,,,  ,„  „„,       ;.  to  - M,rn.  ,,m  the  two 


3 


Anii    Other    Stories.  43 

affrr  l.P  IkuI   MKule  a  quart.T  ..f  a  million.     Tho 

^'.imMir,^.  halls  had  no  attra.t.on  for  hnu  ;  th.  dan.-e 

H.isia.v..rhad-Kod"asa,.afro„.      H.  w-nt  .lown 

M  >i.n  l-ram:,sco  and  t.x.k  u[.  with  a  wiut..  woman 

N  .H.  lovc.,llns  ^'old  more  than  sho  did  him.     Aftor 

all    he.  nature  of  wo,„..n  is  th.  <am..  rod  or  white. 

I  he  la.^t  time  I  met  him  in  San  Fran.i.-.o  lie  wa^ 

Mt.nn;:  on  the  brink  of  the  ^rave.     IIo  was  in- 

t.n.  rd    however,  i„  a  n-port  tiiat  a  new  fi-l,!  of 

pold  had  j.i.^t  been  made  in  Horseflv.     Some  people 

<  '-lared    tliat    1     was  only   a   fake   report,    'pr.iid 

;.^road  by  people  who  wi.hed  to  get  nd  of  .ome 

c  lili  ill"*, 

I'UIiat  do  you  think,  Ke<l  ?•'  I  a.'iked 

'•(iuld  is  where  yo„  Und  it,  niv  boy.     Good-bve  " 

And     good-bye    it    was.     ••K,.d"'  Maeaulav,   'l 


biS 


44  The    Dashing,'    Sally    Duel 


TIIK  THMI'TAThtX  OFTIIK  MISSloXAKY. 

\\iii;n  K\v;iiiia  u.!!i.iriv(l  itifn  \\\n  iiii-.-i()narv*9 
lioii.M.'  ^lic  wa-  atlii'.l  Ml  a  eh.  iiii-r.  The  Ht'v, 
Alwvn  Thoiiiii^dii  dill  riMf  blu^h  wh.n  hi.  ^aw  licr — ■ 
lit'  wa>  iiM-d  to  aiipa-iiMii^  of  tliat  kiin!.  Jlr  sim- 
J)l_v  rai-f(l  hi.  cMhrnu-  .ind  rcMiaiktd  ; 

"Why  don't    vin   u,.-!i   vouimII',   Kuaiua:" 

Tlif  hiii;.'uap  111'  -p  ;..  wa.-  Ch.iriook.  hut  it  i.-  a 
baIharo^l^  jarpiri  ii-i   ;,•    I'nr  tht'.-c  pages. 

Tlic  (jUf>tioii  Miijii  -.  d  the  Indian  girl.  "Why 
pliouhl  shr  wa.-li?"  >  .  hail  Mvn  the  nii-<innary 
do  ii,  and  had  wati  '  !  \Mth  udiidi-r  whin  .Mrs. 
'I'hoinp-nn  |)crforiiuil  :  •  v  aldiitinn.-!.  hiit  that  .-he, 
Kwaina.  shouM  lie  th  ::.'!!t  i  apahlc  ol'  .-nch  iKch'SS 
e.xortinn  aiiiii-i'd  hi  r.  .lu^]  -hi'  hiughcd.  The  char- 
artrr  of  that  laugh  u.i-  -■■  hcuiichinLT  that  tlir  mis- 
sionary found  hiin-r!l'.  .il'mxt  uncoriMiou.-lv.  glanc- 
ing at  his  uifi'.  v.hi-  ii<ii  appcari  d  In  hitn  too 
wiur  to  rvcriiiorc  h.-  tr.ir.-'iu'un'd  hv  the  -.-niln.s  of 
(•oui|tship  days.  "I'.ut  t::ai  laugh  "-luiids  <iangor- 
ous,"  he  thouglit  to  him-i'lf ;  from  \\!ii(h  it  will  bo 
patlierod  that  years  n[  ;.,il  amonir  Indians  had  no*- 
lakon  all  tlie  old  Adam  nut  of  the  Uriti.-h  ColuMiI)ia 
missionary. 

"I  liavi'  romo  for  ntm'  nipdirino  for  grandma, 
not  for  H  Iretur","  r' jdied  Kwama,  a^  she  gazed 
saucily  at  tlie  cleric. 


i 


And    Other    Storic?.  4; 

"\\liy  (l.Ti't  yoii  f.i!,,.  u.irriiri::  l>v  vmir  jrr.ind- 
I'  1:-  ■  ii-kr,|  til.'  li'.v.  Mr.  'rii.,iii|,-uri;  ••,!!<.  is  Miir.T- 
:i  -'  nuu    ,ifi   rnii.li   ftum   1111.  Iriinlm. -«  ,1.-   fnui;   the 

Ku.iina  w,H  .liny  -tli.rv  \\:i-  no  ,I,,ii!,t  .ilM.ut 
t.;.it.  r.iit  .|.-|,itc  ii'iM  jti.l  wh.ilr  ml  -Ii,.  u.i-  l...iii- 
V'"'-  -^"'l  -'■'•  l^".u  ,t.  .\,.:ll,.r  u,i,  ,1,,,,,  ,,„,. 
'!  "I.r  n(  thiit.  An. I  ^I)..  I, .1,1  virions.  Olniiii.s 
ul:.n  -!i.'  hi,,!,!!,.,!  uit!,  t!,..  ,-,,.(  „f  h.T  wivt.-li,..! 
f.iMiily  1,1  til,.  fiiMiM.-,!,,wn  -!.,i,  k  ..n  i!,,.  K'...rrv.> 
.^V"  ha, I  ilmn-ht  ,,f  i!...  ti„..  l.|,li,s  si,,.  ha,|  x.-n  it; 
\  i' tTia  ari,|  Van.  ,,i;\,r,  and  r.'~f!.'s«n»'ss  aihl  iopir- 
";-•-.  'hat  >]',,■  liar.!!v  l.n,  u  il,,.  nicjiuii!.'  ,,r  Ii.'[il 
'  ■•';•■.  "^'T  h.T.  S!:,.  ha,!  -^',.,  .!v  r..l,..!l',.,!  at  h.T 
I-M-vai   ;\<  a    rf',1  ,,i;t,  a-t.      .\n,|   afhr  all   ^'a-  was 

JNt  v.TV  r,.,l:  an,|  -I;,.  Iww  !;rr  fl-n,-.-  wa-  a^  - 1 

!!'    that    nf    th,.    u!,it,  -t    Ia,Iv    in    tl,..    Ian-!.      Whv 

f'.Ml.l    ^hr    II, ,t     \„-    a-    ,,Ur    ,,f    thu-.    uh'.    ,!r,-.>:,M|     ,n 

I''ir[,!,.  an.l  line  li,;,.,!?  I'.m  fii-.t  J„,  mi,.,  ^,,,,  ,,,|„. 
<.:(!■. n.  .Sh,.  knrw  that  an,!  -1ii„!,!.t.m|.  S!„.  ,|i,| 
'I'.t  Ilk.-  l.-arnirii:.  Th.'  .!a\-  in  th."  nii--i,,n  .-.•h....! 
u.T-  .lays  (if  t.irtnr.'  t,,  h,  r.  15i,t  tliat  ni.,rniii-. 
^".•n  h.T  irran.lnia  ha.i  -.ait  Iht  t.i  th.-  iii;-M,.iiary 
(^^v  Mun..  KjiM,,,,  ,alts  >h..  h.a.l  .!,■!. Tniin.'.l  to  a-k 
Mr.  I  homj,-,,|,  tn  tak.-  h.  r  .■,lii<Mti.,n  in  han.i  ai.Min, 
•■i:i'!  th.Ti  -!,.■  woiih!  i:u  t.i  \'ict,.ria  an, I  ,  ut  ;i  .la>!i 
\^'ih  the  r.-t  uf  li.T  M.y.  r.„,r,  pn„r;i\v  ,!,i!,|  „f 
nafiir-p.  sh.'  kn.'w  n,.t  th,.  ,i-,M,k,.,|  .■■aw.-,^  .,f  the 
^^!ilI'■  hutt.Tfli,-^  ,.r  fa-lih,ii.  I'.ut  kn,,\vl, ■,!::,.  ^a.* 
t"  'nuv  to  h.T.  an.l  all  tlip  pain  ihat  IV.li.rw^  the 
r  ,-!,•  nf  the  fruit  of  th.'  t,-.-,'. 

"i  have  h.'ani  vou  -ay."  s!io  nvnark.']  to  the 
•DN-Minary.  "tliat  cl.'anlin.—  roni.-  n..\t  1,1  -"'lli- 
li'  ■-.     H.'li)  in.'  tc  hcciin.'  vM-n  as  a  whit.-  WMinaii." 


46 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


She  would  havo  lik<'(]  to  «ay  also,  '*l)ut  not  as  ymw 
wife,"  but  child  of  niiturc  though  s^lie  was  she  had 
tho  art  of  n<it  sayiiiL'  things. 

And  as  .-die  iiuidc  tlie  reciuest  she  had  an  atti- 
tude of  suiii  swift  .-imjiHcity  that  tlie  Hev.  Mr. 
Thomp.-on  saw  nnly  the  Inidding  heauty  of  the 
g'irl  of  seventetii,  and  none  of  the  dirt  lie  had  been 
so  severe  about  wlnii  -hf  first  opeiu'd  the  dnnr  of 
the  mission  hoiis.  .  Mr.  Thoiii|i-o:i  wa-:  a  wrll- 
incaiiing  inl--i"iiary.  i)nt  he  forgot  always  that 
charity  begin-  at  l,i;ii''.  He  gave  his  wife  a  large 
family,  and  inuili  hni-chold  drudgery,  and  grew 
morose  bocause  lie  ini—i  d  the  fn'sliricss  and  iiright- 
Jiess  of  the  cliarm'iiu'  t:irl  he  liad  broimlit  trom  an 


Ontario  town 
vears  before. 


t! 


IC    \\  |i 


of  th 


'aeillc  coast  -even 


The  iiMM  of  th"  ehureh  had  reaehed 


a  dangerous  jierind  ii 
Kwania  wa>  .-nliciliiiLT 
iinwa.-hed  body  a~  U(  ' 
arrived  at  a  turiiiiiij:  [ 
he  would  renew  lii-  1 
■wniild  an>wer  to  the  ,-. 


his  life  at  tho  tiiM(>  tliat 
is  serviefs  on  belialf  of  her 
a-  for  her  -^oul.  He  had 
int  in  his  life  when  eitlier 
ve  for  his  wife  or  else  he 
i!  of  the  worhi.  Ami  so  it 
■wasJ  a  fateful  day  wlien  K'waiua's  grandmother  sent 
her  to  the  nii--ion  lin;i-e  for  nu'dicine. 

*'My  child,"  he  an-W'  red,  '  I  will  do  my  host  to 
instruct  you  in  the  wav  you  shouM  walk  so  that 
vou  may  be  a  bright  and  shining  example  to  your 
tribe." 

Kwama.  clean  and  in  a  new  white  chemise,  was 
an  object  of  delight  I'm-  any  one  to  gaze  upon.  Mrs. 
Thompson  remarked  on  l;er  altereil  appearanc', 
and  suggested  to  Iht  laisitjind  that  the  costume  of 
th(>  girl  was  hardly  ipiite  correct,  even  on  an  In- 
<lian  reserve  not  much  visited  bv  white  men.     But 


And    Other    Stories.  47 

Mr  Thompson  was  doijenoratinfr,  an.l  in  his  fall 
ho  delighted  in  tln>  glorious  appraran.v  that  Kwarna 
prfsonU>d  and  was  glad  of  the  excuse  of  custom 
which  allowed  Indian  girls  to  h-  rohed  in  little 
else  than  their  own  charms  when  in  their  own 
homes. 

"Why  sef'k  to  {.ut  ahsurd  id.vis  into  h^T  mind  " 
he  answen-d,  '"ahout  dress  and   the  adornment  of 
■  i"  pi'rs<Hi.      It  IS  enough  lo  leave  our  own  people 
to  siuh   vain  tlioughts."  ^ 

Mrs.  Thompson  meekly  accepted  the  implied  re- 
K-e.  Mir  had  too  nuu'h  wa^hinir  to  do,  and  too 
'■laiiy  mouths  to  Uv,l  to  dwell  long  on  the  .ub- 
J'vt  or  give  more  than  a  passing  thouirht  to 
Awamas  many  aj.pearancrs  at  themiv.io,,  hou^. 
an.  her  airy  co>t..me.  P.ut  into  the  mind  of  the 
In.lian  girl  hersejt  the  r.ni.„n  of  contac 


)iik( 


ith  the 

''■ginning   to   work.     In   a   subtle 

le  ro- 


missionary   wa.- 

way  Mr.  Thompson' had 

gurd  which  her  beautv  foicr.l"  from  'l 
he  had  fought  against'} 


nv.ycd  to  the  <drl  tl 


11m. 


w 


At  first 
lis  own  unfaithfulness  to  his 


ife   hut  the  inward  contii.t  had  h.v„  half-ii..arte,i 


and   1 


lis   "(Jet    thee   be| 


utij.^red  with  any  too  mu(  h  f.Tvid 
ood  at  the  parting  of  the 


ii"d    m<',    Satan,"    was   not 


Host 


ness. 


eoaxingly  said  to  1 
hav 


ways  when  Kwama 
um  one  niornite.^ — her  education 


■ing  meanwhile  progr,.ssed  rapi.iiy  as  far  as  how 


to  read  an<l  write,  and  speak  went 


Vou  must  tjike  m(>  to  \'ict 


h'-re  with   these  dirtv  Ind 


oria.     I  cannot  live 


till'  use  of  soa 


lan.'^ 


liaij 


rav. 


p  and  water  as  well  as  Lindlev  M 


carne. 


ur- 


Uhat  wa.«  the  missionary  to  sav  to  tliat? 
'  was  so  simple;  tlie  effect  might  be 


demand 


le 


Tl 
very 


48  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

terril-lo.  And  yt't  tlic  roquost  nprni'.l  up.  as  ho 
then  tli(in<:l!i.  a  rii.-cinatiiii:  vista.  Hr  could  on- 
jov  lil'c  with  Kwaiiiii.  ll<-'  cuuld  lastr  nf  the  joys 
of  pa<>innato  li\inL'. 

Tliu-  h»^  ar<:u<-d  in  thi'  forrst.  whiT'^  in'iip  of  the 
eccTutricitifs  of  civilizail-n,  iioiu'  of  tiic  trailing 
bonds  \v<"ro  noticid  to  ii  mind  him  tiial  nun  and 
woMicn  canr.'it  alua\-  \\\v  tiic  liff  IIma  may  wi>h 
to. 

"Tako  mf  to  A'iclnria.  and  yo>i  ran  do  witli  me 
afi  you  will,"  thf  ;.'ii-i  ^ald.  ariK-.-^ly  .  iioui^h  it  ap- 
peared. 

And  that  settled  ii   I'nr  ilie  Hev.  Mr.  Thnjiipson. 

lie  oxplaine.j  lo  hi-  wife  that  inoniiiei  tiiat  ho. 
would  takr  the  :i<M  -'•  amer  to  tiie  capital,  and 
would  there  '"plair  K'^.Mia  in  a  eonvcnl  to  finish 
lier  education."     'I'he  !;■'  -.•viiied  to  (.ime  easily. 

"She  m\i.-t  have  |.!.i|K'r  I'lothe-."  .-aid  Mrs. 
Thotnpson. 

"Of  course. "'  rejilicd  lie,  thou'.di  he  liad  not 
tlinu<:ht  of  it.  "I>ut  th'  IV  i-  plenty  of  time  for  you 
to  make  them:  tlu   lioai  .!■"■-  not  l'o  fnr  live  days." 

And  so  tlir  wif'  >la\c,!  to  adorn  the  Lrirl  who 
her  hushand  calculated  -iiould  illl  the  position  that 
he  had  never  ^nven  the  Ontario  lielle  a  chance  to 
qualify  for. 

But  wdien  Kwama  \<\\\  on  tlie  hmne-made  gar- 
ments the  mi.ssionary  hid  a  revuNion  of  feelinjx. 
Till'  (hirk  face  and  hair  i;ii'ler  a  hai  trimmed  with 
violets  appeared  t;t  ha\c  lost  sonic  of  its  charm, 
the   hiding:  of   the    lis-emo    limh-   hy    the   skirt   of 

hrown.  and  the  total  di-appearaii( f  the  rounded 

bwom  beneath  a  idoust-  of  L'ray.  produced  in  him  a 
sharp  feilint:  of  di^ajij'ointmeiit.  and  it  was  borne 


And    Other    Stories. 


49 


home  to  liim  that  li<'  had  h'-on  pratifyiiiiz  an  animal 
pas^ion  wliuli  ua.-  iiiiwurlhy  of  any  whitf  man, 
and  [)arti(iilarly  hlamtwurtliy  in  a  ini-.-iniiary. 
JJiit  the  voya.L'f  to  X'icioria  must  he  nndcrtakm. 
llr  kiifw  fiiiui^'h  of  the  tcmpiT  of  Kwama  to  he 
awan-  tiiat  an  ••xph)>i()n  in  his  hoiuf  wouhl  n-snlt 
were  it  jHit  "tT.  Il«-  must  ;,'ct  rid  of  the  ^nrl.  and 
fhi'n  make  his  jitinicMHrit  to  his  witV  for  his  un- 
spt-akahlf  p.iiidy.  lie  <:a/<'d  at  hi^  partiuT  in 
lif.'  with  inionsc  ca^'tTiK'-^  as  hi'  held  ht-r  in  his 
arms  and  hadr  hiT  ;:ood-l»yr.  lie  at  hi«t  .-ornnvt'd 
to  s(>t'  the  lints  of  care  so  >  arly  on  tiiat  hrow  which 
a  ft'W  Year?  atro  w.i-  unruliltd.  uiiih'  the  u'rcy  liairs 
ehowinjr  amonu'  the  liniwu  paiiu'd  him. 

"(Jod  hh'ss  yo\i.  darliiii:.  ami  kcej)  you  safe  till  I 
ri'turn/'  ln'  .-aid  Irndi'ily.  and  the  unaccustomod 
address,  ami  tlic  fo.  jinir  t'luc  in  which  the  word? 
were  uttered  stirred  the  li.art  of  the  woman,  whieh 
had  been  ^'nHvin<:  heavier  as  the  day.-  wi  iit  l)y,  and 
love  seemed  lo  have  de]ianed.  She  lay  on  her  bed 
and  wept  as  the  stt'arm  r  went  on  its  way,  but  the 
tears  were  more  of  joy  than  sorrow. 

Meanwliile  the  nii--ionary  took  staterooms  for 
his  eharjre  and  himself.  He  left  Kwama  to  her 
own  devices  while  he  lay  on  his  I,unk,  and  decided 
his  future.  In  hi-  cabin  were  (ind  and  Devil.  He 
arose  from  the  conllict  tlie  man  of  (iod  that  his 
mother  thou<iht  him  on  the  day  of  his  ordination. 

As  for  Kwama,  she  had  taken  olf  her  clothes  in 
her  little  room,  and  wa>  surveying;  her  beauty  in 
the  small  glass  that  the  eal)in  contained.  Her 
thought^;  were  of  the  meanest  type.  Did  she  love 
the  missionary?  Her  lips  pursed  at  the  thouLrht. 
But  he  would  be  useful  at  tirst  until  .she  got  into 


'  \ 


I 


'1:^ 


50 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


the  Fwim.  Sho  was  a\v;irp  that  some  nf  tlio  proud- 
est families  in  Viftoria  had  a  rod  .^tniii  in  their 
blood.  Wliy  shotdd  sIu'  not  havo  oorsit^  and  rust- 
ling? skirts,  and  be  evm  as  the  hcst  aniouij  them? 
The  missionary  had  ,i.'i\"ii  her  an  education  to  tit 
her  to  hold  her  own  at  I'ast  in  tliat  town  ;  she  could 
supply  the  re(pii-ite  riuaiis  for  rising'  in  the  world. 
She  smiled  as  she  tliiiiL'ht  of  the  mean>.  and  ca- 
ressed her  bosom  ami  Hinied  half  round  so  that  she 
mi^rht  jrlanee  over  her  -houhler  at  the  curves  the 
pla.es  showed  to  her.  SIic  had  been  l)orn  with  the 
knowledge  of  evil  in  her.  and  slu'  had  used  the 
missionary  to  inart  her  ^n  the  broad  path. 

When  they  readied  \"i(toria  the  mi--innary  had 
intended  tx)  take  her  dmct  to  the  Oirls"  Home,  for 
he  had  determined  to  ( arrv  out  the  decision  he  had 
come  to  in  that  terrible  -tru<:gle  in  his  cabin.  But, 
in  the  cab  she  said  to  hiiu: 

"It  will  only  be  nece>.sirv  to  pet  one  room  at  the 
hotel." 

The  remark  was  accompanied  by  a  glance  that 
set  his  pulses  stirring,  and  his  blood  ran  hot.  But 
he  was  conscious  of  a  fet  ling  of  rcpulsioii,  and  his 
eyes  began  to  open. 

"What  a  fool  I  have  been!"  he  thomrht.  "The 
girl  hopes  to  make  use  of  me.  and  I  have  been  think- 
ing that  it  was  I  who  was  leading  her  and  not  she 
who  was  tempting  me.'' 

Still  he  knew  that  with.mt  him  -he  would  still 
have  been  at  the  village,  just  one  Indian  girl 
among  many.  She  was  hmmd  to  break  out.  he  was 
aA-are,  but  had  lie  been  strong  the  blame  would  not 
have  been  his.  He  would  carry  the  scar  to  his 
grave. 


And    Other    Stories. 


SI 


'•Wliat  aril  I  to  do  with  her  now,  after  that 
dtihiration  y"  lie   inuttcml. 

Tlio  jirohlfin  iniLrht  li.ivf  fri^htciii'il  a  man  not 
a  iiii>--ionary,  to  Mr.  'rhompMiii  it  was  a  liorrihle 
hiinli  II.  lie  fouid  only  wail  til!  hr  _:Mt  htr  to  the 
iiiainiir.-^  mom  in  the  home.  'I'hirr  hi'  talked 
>fiioii.-;lv  to  luT.  lUit  slio  was  icarl'iil  and  ri'iiroach- 
ful. 

"Vn\i  taiii:lit  mi'  to  lovo  you/'  she  .«aid,  "and 
n'lu  ynii  would  di'M'rt  mo  and  condtiiin  me  to  the 
horror  nf  this  home.      I   will   not  stay  hen'." 

"I>ut  you  must,  for  a  time  at  lia-t,"  lie  an- 
swircd   weakly. 

'"1  will  not  stay  in  tliis  place,''  she  an^'rily  re- 
ti'fU'd.  "I  will  tell  the  matron  all.  and  also  that 
you  invited  me  to  jro  to  a  hotel  under  your  name." 

'I'hat  threat  made  the  man  stroiif,'  airain. 

*"1  se«^  now  how  it  is,  Kwama."  he  said,  "and  I 
thank  (lod  that  He  has  made  me  pau.^e  ere  1  ilid 
this  frrievous  i^in.  You  know  you  are  heautiful, 
rny  child,  and  the  lniij.'iiiL:  has  come  to  you  to  <ro 
into  the  world  and  exert  that  hi  auty  on  men.  Hut 
in  your  innocence  you  know  n<ithin;r  ahout  the  man- 
ni  r  of  life  that  is  the  only  one  open  to  such  as  you. 
^'ou  make  a  false  start  at  the  l)ej:inninfr  with  me.. 
Can  you  think  it  pos«i!)le  that  the  people  here  would 
Im  lirve  that  1,  a  mis>ionary,  would  have  taken  you 
to  wife?  Our  world  is  very  small,  and  I  am 
known  to  he  married.  It  will  he  for  your  own  jrood 
if  you  remain  in  this  home  and  fit  your.-elf  to  he- 
I  omo  a  teacher  amonjr  your  own  people,  an  in.'stru- 
mcnt  in  the  hands  of  (.io<l  to  load  them  to  the  true 
religion.     1    deeply   repent  of   the  course   1   have 


5* 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


tnkon;  will  not  von  do  tlio  same  and  agree  to  what 
I  siy":-" 

Looking  at  lii~  niriKst  fare,  Kwama  knew  pho 
had  failed  at  the  vi  r_\  Ipi'L'innini:;  that  the  time  had 
come  to  (iissemhle.  Shf  had  no  in'riition  of  ever 
returning  to  her  iialivr  \illage  a»  a  !■  aeher,  but  she 
appeared  to  give  in.  .iiid  >aid: 

"It  sliall  l»e  a-  \"U   w  i-h."" 

So  the  Kev.  Mr.  'ri:'iiii|)-on  ]i>ft  luT  in  the  hnwh 
of  the  matron  an.!  icturiKd  Ikhih'.  !!'■  had  tlie 
jiroidcni  to  fa<i'  wi.i'i.ir  lir  ,-IimuM  iii:\kr  a  full  eon- 
f.'ssion  or  nnt  tn  hi-  wif.'.  lie  (liviili'd.  after  a 
loni:  slruiru'lc.  to  k'  ^  ]>  tin'  -cerct  lockfd  in  hi-  own 
l)rea.-t.  hut  to  ■Siw  ]rv  a  lil'i'-loiii:  dfvotion  to  make 
11)1  to  h(T  in  cviTV  w.'.y  |io.--ililr'  for  liis  previous 
iit'gleet,  and  for  il.i'  ■i;''-  ln'  had  hron;.'ht  upon  her. 
The  first  thing  lio  >:  ■!  was  to  nsign  liis  mi-.-ion. 
lie  knew  the  work  u:i-  too  hard  for  her  and  the 
isolation  loo  tcrnhh'.  iii'  took  her  i)ark  to  Ontario, 
where  h<'  entered  (  ily  work. 

And  she  was  happy  a::ain. 

But  hifore  he  left  \icioria  for  the  ]\a-t  he  en- 
quired of  the  matron  .-Jiout  Kwama.  lie  learned 
that  she  had  refiiM  d  1"  ^tay  in  the  (Jirl-'  Home, 
and  had  been  taken  up  hy  a  well-known  man  about 
town. 

He  bore  the  burden  of  that  -in  through  many 
vears.  but  when  he  di'  d  his  wit"e  .-aiil  of  him  that 
iao  better  husband  ever  breathed  on  this  earth. 

A.s  for  Kwama,  her  end  was  in  the  Potter's 
Field. 


And    Otlicr    Stories. 


S3 


"SIT.VER  JACK." 

Jr^T  whv  ho  was  vMrA  "Silvpr  Tnrk"  noLnHv 
in  tlK'camp  kiuw.  II,.  r.uiir  to  Ka.-lu  m  tii.'  lir.t 
ru4i  to  tlR-  '-Sihrrv  Slu.an.-  and.  kn-nvinir  lmiu- 
l,I,.r  that  iR'  was,  hc'lrl't  iM'toiv  llir  hnttmn  .in.i'I'<'«i 
..ut  of  silver,  an.l  th>-  n::ht-h.mr  strik.;  '"1  'i^^;')' 
with  thf  pavroU.  In  sn;nr  n-|urt.s  ,n.lrr,l  tho 
name   was    ina,.,.li.al.l-.   for   h.   was   no   tn.n.l   of 

1,;  to  l,ho  n.v.r  rrad  a  -i .h  nl   1  ryan  s,  wh.  e 

-riMSs  of  gohl"  hy.trrus  .luin't  appeal  lo  him  half 
s.)  iniuh  as  a  woman's  toar-. 

\  nunin-  camp  in  Uriti-h  Cohunhia  is  uwu-h  Uie 
aamo  as  on.,  in  anv  part  nf  tlie  W  .■-t.-rn  Mat.s, 
^ave  tliat  wcaiHin-  aiv  lon-piruous  hy  tli.ar  aU-onr". 
On  Briti-h  Hul  rrvnlvr  play  florsn  t  pay— which 
w  one  ivaHMi  why  tho  Ka.lo  un.hTtakiT  weut  into 
tilt'  fiirnitiirc  bu^iu-■ss.  . 

"Oth'T  fnlk  won't  (lie  and  I  must  live,  he  e\- 
I'.lainetl  apoloLTitirally. 

'  To-dav  Ka.-lo  is  as  quiot  a  place  as  a  ^  oung  ^\  o- 
mcn'^  ('hristian  Asso..iation  boarding  house  l.ut 
in  the  earlv  nineties  it  was  a  noi^y,  f^'odless  town, 
with  tlie  lid  lost  somewhere  in  the  clouds  among 
the  mountains.  Tents  an.l  shacks  strap.^led  iUl 
over  the  flat  on  Kootenay  Lake,  upon  which  it  wa.'i 
built,  and  the  river  ran  throujxh  its  centre.  .Now 
that  bus-v.  ever-talkincr  stream  marks  the  north- 
voi^terD  boundary  of  the  town.     That  stormy  night. 


54 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


whfn  tlio  rivfr  (■lianu'<Ml  it>  co\ir-<\  SiIvit  Jack 
provt'd  that  he  wa:-  .-niin'tliing  iiimv  than  a  jzaiii- 
bler. 

.Faok  liad  oncf.  \v.  tlif  interval-  Ix'twoini  poker 
and  hhiek  jaek.  v.-\r.]  \n  earn  a  living;  running'  a 
weekly  newspaper  in  a  little  WasliinLnnn  town.  He 
found  that  it  ua-  a  ■j'X'd  way  in  wiiieh  to  starve 
decently.  MordiMi.  :!:(•  vein  on  the  mine  lio  was 
industriously  hiMni:  iii:  prlrrrd  nut.  and  as  he  <li(l 
ot  believe  in  ;_'ell.:i_'  widrjws  and  (  ler;;yinen  to 
invest  in  Itarreii  r'ulv.  he  sold  out  the  paper  and 
■went  l>aek  to  eaid-. 

.iiuii'f  loii,'"  )ie  used   to  say.  "and 

!]ti  il  he  any  elKalini:.  'I'here'n 

I  II"  dealini:  from  th''  huttoni 

;  'ay,"  I'rdni   wIulIi  it  will   he 

■mo  '^iuu]    to   live   in   Seattle. 

n  my  (itlire   in    I\a~lo  sorne- 

ur   were   shorldianded,   and 

"Oh,   it's  ju>t    to  keep   my 

if  1  tried  t<i  thank  him. 


"Mining's  a 
I  don't  see  why  thtrr 
no  marked  card-  aii' 
of  the  pack  when    1    ; 
gathered   that   he  w,:- 
lie  used   to  lounge   m 
times,  when   he   knt  w 
pet    up   a   little   type. 
liand  in."  lie  would  -ay 

"dime  out  for  a  w.iik,  old  man."  he  remarked 
one  night  as  he  dmppe,!  into  the  otlirc  just  as  the 
mail  sack  was  Ix'ing  (!■  -d  up  and  the  big  edition 
of  oOO  eojtie-  of  the  h,  i!  papir  was  nff  my  mind  for 
a  week.  We  took  cur  way  up  the  side  of  the  hill 
that  formed  a  backgrmuiii  to  the  camp.  Surely  in 
no  other  part  of  tln'  wald  are  the  niirht.-  so  beau- 
tiful a.s  in  the  mountain-  of  Rriti-h  Columbia.  Ar- 
rived at  the  summit  we  turned  to  gaze  upmi  the 
scene  beneath.  Tlie  town  in  the  moonlight  looked 
like  the  bivouac  ground  of  an  army — and  .so  it  was, 
but  the  armv  was  c(itni>o-ed  of  fun-loving,  card- 
liking,    wliiskey-drinking    niinei-s,    intent   ou    cap- 


And    Other    Stories. 


55 


.  ...:„„  ,|,o  rirl>.-  (.f  thr  SI.kmi.  U  'lav  an.1  .l-n.l- 
;;■/;  .n.'rht  the- wr.lth  H.  obtain.,!  .m  wn...  wnmr. 

,.,i.r     Think   Ml-   tlu.   l.v.s   th.v    lyad    /ar     nm 
•,,„„,,  ,f  „H.ir  vnuth  an.l  th.  tu-:     t.-..'nd.of 

,,..   ,„;.nl, '••    tliink   of   tlH.   huk   ot    ..nil.-     n- 

;::n,...an.lti,...,vn...n!...Mh..-..;vu...tl..vn.n.h^ 

,,,,,,  Stat.,  up  thMv  ,n  ti..-N.Tla>'.n;:hnU,  and 
,,^,,..  nn.^ta.l.....  that  ,!,.;v  an^nrn  to   ..;  proud 

;.■      T'^v   h■^^r   th.ir    lault^.   u  ho   ha^^   not.      It 
„■;,    ,,„M,:,,lv    n,uh.   of   ,1„.    l:-a.l,no.    of    Oe 

L'  in- ..f  tho  .u...  .■hara..t..r  .-  thoH.  P<Tp.trah^ 

•„;■,,,.  ,,ti,,,,   ,h.'  .hi.t    .l,.r<n  ,>,••■  l.o>n^'   that   the 

„;  ,  ,  Tfurn.^  hi.  op,...lv  .h:h.  .h-  «lw.-lW  m  the 

;!;;;  :,.|,  l,..hnM  cui-tain-,  an.Uh.nk.  that  h.'  ..  not 

;i-Vhr  po'ir  sinner  vun.'.rr. 

,,„.'„H  ,!,,  .tar-pan;:l...l  heavon    ^a^lo  ^^a.  a 

,:,,  nf  PfMc-.-that  ni-ht.      I  pnnth.'h.l  s  o  coul  1 
:,.,„,„  .,nt.  no....  no  oath,  pollu.o    thy  pmo^ 

'■,'„,!  air  Kout*.nav  l.ik.>.  .aim  as  th,'  tar.,  of 
:,  s;torof'M..rcy..,.Pa.!out  from  tho  nunp  l.ko 
,  i,l,,k  velvet  train  -tu.hl...i  with  .Lan-on'  .  1  h. 
„-;!v  .oun.ls  vv..r..  the  .-on-tant  roar  .-f  the  n^cr 
.,.„)  ,he  never-ril.nt  talk  of  th.'  tonvt. 
'"••>, lv..r  Jaek"  arou-e.l  nie  from  tnv  royerio.    ^^^ 

••\)nv<  tho  rivrr  not  sound  a  warnm-  to  y.'.;. . 
1„.  ,.,-k...l  sucUlenlv.     -N  not  that  a  .lir^'..  it  i^^  i^J'^r- 
n/un  U.  way  to"  the  lake-     H.Shan,     winch  feU 
,  UnW  unstea.ly,  was  upon  my  -^Hou hW-       I  '^ 
afraid  of  that  river/'  he  w.-nt  on.        '.l*^«^j^  ™ 
1,.,.  it  lcK)ks  to-ni^d.t,  like  a  silvered  nhbon  on  a 
luinan's  skn^ve.     But  thc-^e  mountain  .treamB  are 


\j:^^:;^iyi^^'  - 


56 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


oniiefnntly  flinniriiiL'  thrir  oi)ur-<\  If  tlip  Ka.-lo 
HiMT  ever  <.'rt.«  I'ltn  tltxu]  I  kiiiw  it  will  carry 
])  Avenue  nut    iriin  the  liike."' 

"Well,  whilt  if  It  iloe-i.  old  ixr,  ?"  I  a-k'd.  'T'T 
Tuv  part  I  think  that  would  he  a  verv  lT"'"!  jnh — 
linlt^^s  vou  own  -ime  of  tho.M-  red-Ii.L'ht  >haik>  uphill 
the  street." 

''Don't  make  I  -hf  of  the  tnalter.  |ilea-e."  ln> 
eaid  verv  (juieily.     '"The  wotnaii  I  love  live-  tlierc."' 

I  )ia(i  '  'undeii'd  (111  to  a  tra^'edy.  IWii  1  knew 
oiioutrh  t      hnld   II, y   t'lUL'tie. 

"I  eati't  iiear  l^  tear  a  man  speak  liLriitlv  on 
that  .-iihjeet."'  ]'<■  \w  III  nn  after  a  [tau-c.  "Tlie-.e 
vromen  have  sniil-.  n  iiiciiiher  that.  Moicuver.  dun't 
for2<'t.  when  vou  1  -ten  to  the  denunciation  of  tlio 
proacliers.  that  a  ■:  au  is  generally  re-p'iii-i!)K'  for 
oacli  woman  who  '1-  to  clion-e  a  home  in  the  red- 
light  <listrict."      I!'    p.iused  agaiti. 

"You  know  lil.irk  .Fcss,  (jf  course,"  lie  wt>nt  on 
euddcniy. 

I  could  not  rcpn--  a  start  oven  under  his  hand. 
She  was  the  mo-i  ii-tnrious  woman  in  Kootonav, 
and  the  most  Iwan'  I'nl. 

"Ah,  I  see  you  tl<."  he  went  on  without  my  an- 
fwcrinir  hy  word  of  mouth.  'I'Ih  re  seemed  to  bo 
tears  in  his  voi(e.  "She  was  the  daughter  of  a 
clergyman  hack  in  the  Has'ern  States.  We  lived 
in  the  same  town,  ,nid  w(^re  to  he  married.  A  fel- 
low from  \ew  \ityk  rime  down  one  day,  was  smit- 
ten with  her  woiid.iful  beauty,  enticed  her  with 
Ins  cursed  gold  and  jewelrv,  and — well,  the  rest  i* 
easy  to  imagine.  I'.ut  I  feel  as  bitterly  towards 
that  man  to-day  n-  I  did  five  years  ago.  I  hear 
he  has  followed  her  to  Kaslo,"  he  added. 


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57 


"T.irk,    von    wi.iiUln't- 
.1 


I    was    ho^zinnins. 


,  ,1  ,c  over  to  n-.'ir  h.T  Imni  this  li  ••.      1  niu, 
..!,rv".rasionsl>.;hasnr..-'!.     I'.ut  I  I-I^'N''  that 
h.>f''rc  a  uumlli   i-  <'\it   ■ 
„,,.:  l,ut  1  iiiu-t  krrp  ihi 
If  Ji,.  -rvs  him  a.L'aiii  -h.'  wi.. 


ir.ii 
a 


„,  will   at    la,-t   ^'n.-  in  to 

,,,i,ii.lnl  away  from  lior. 

M  u.lvtT.     '1'"  ""'  ^'^•- 
Oh, 

,..,'.-:m'-hutoutti,M-V     AhyM^lyn^tnsay. 

..„v„    i.  nnt  naiuralto  h-r.     >  u>  .io.v-  it  to  k    p 
•"•'harart.T   sh.   wa^    T-nv^    inio   wn.n   that 


i:  ;i 


IK 


of  that,    ll'iw  that 


,.  with  a  inar\fiMHi^  ^ ......_.   ■■•  ,.„,,, ml 

.,n,i    with    his    f.rliiij-'s  a-ain    un-i'T   n.iitrol, 
..^,^•'"d;;wnt'wnan,ij^itlthe^b.aekJackgan.. 

Y,.ipanh.".-xtrava-ant  for.mro. 

l^lllv    ruk-..n"s  saloon  on   !•  root  Stroot,  wnore 
,:        •   ;;     wJntonni;:htly.wasah>w-un^.orH^^ 

.:„.     hi   liin.'.  with  mar.    a,M   n-markahU-  moan. 
^•;  '>  iV;  .i,l,..  11...  front  .loor  th.'n"  wfro  con- 

;V::n:rdoo;rn;.mn.lM...iatth.tun...wl^^ 

harr.vmi.  with    its    Ion.'  nurn>r    an^l      f^  P^^^  ^J 
.    r      ;t,  fl,f>  niido   wa<  lUst    iko  any  ot.  .t  in  un. 

l^'icanVn/on  the  polW..a  «.u.>t.r  ,u  aa  a.utud. 


58  The    DashinjT    Sally    Duel 

of  ilojoction.  Ill  li.nl  foiind  "r-;iri!i';iii  .Ink"  moro 
tlian  a  iiiiifdi  fnr  lnm  at  jink-T.  anil  fl"-  ilrink  lit' 
hail  t'vidciitlv  jii-t  l:iiI[i('i|  down  wa-"  like  tlif  liii- 
riKif  ('(X'ktail — "uri  tin'  li(iu-<'."' 

It  r^ccriit'd  to  irr  that  the  stratiiriT  tiifd  in  \it;u" 
up  iiM  "Silver  .F,i>  !■:"  cvid  liini.  iitit  hf  collaps'il 
npiin  a."!  my  <iiiiiji,>iii(iii  pa«-t''i  itit-r  Mn'  l>!ai  k  jack 
room  without  -]>•  ik  iilt  to  liitii.  1  pui-.('il  a;  tlic 
bar  to  j:i't  a  uii  •'■  \  -our — .'.n '•.  ilid  riut  drink. 
"I  can't  alT'ird  ii  in  my  Iiuhk  ■..-.,"  he  told  mo 
oni'f'. 

Haviti:;  invited  the  ftran.L'cr  at  th''  liar  to  "V^r't 
in."  lie  tcioi,  :,dv,i',i.iLr''  'd'  till'  oppMitniii'y  to  f^ay, 
as  he  jiut  hi-  l'I  !--  down : 

"Mas  "SilsiT  .l.ii  k'  L'ot  any  ninnev  -" 

As  1  a.-k'il  in\-''l'  wIm  i'.>\i|i!  tx-  tiii-  vi.in  wlio 
talked  so  faniil',ii'>  "f  my  t'riciid.  my  ri'ind  went 
hack  to  the  talk  >  ii  the  mountain,  and  it  c:niie  to 
Iiie  in  ii  tla-h  tli;i!  ilii-  mii-t  he  '•'!;,.  )|,|.i  fruni 
Now  York."  .\s  I  rnnipared  the  Idoited.  fat  ami 
greasv-Ioiikinir  louii  e-'  who  h.id  h'travid  .le-- . 
with  the  acti\e.  di-;  M_fi;i.l,,.,l.|,„,l,ji|^-  ,|,;,,|  \v!m  had 
rhoseii  to  hei'CMie  a  L.inildei-  and  i  wandiT'T  from 
minini:  camp  to  m  i.ini:  caiiiii.  I  cMiild  not  help 
wonderimr  at  the  i  iii'uii-:  .-oii!!- nine--  nf  women. 
Of  rourso  I  f'lri^nt  tl!.!i.  at  the  t'ne  when  Je-^  had 
preferred  tlii-  felliw  to  .Tack,  lie  mii-t  liavf^  ap- 
peared to  her  the  L'lMant  •!  f':e  ijnMt  citv.  In 
M'orkin^'  the  ruin  of  d.-s  Ik  hid  al-o  eneompa-sed 
his  own  moral  death. 

I  went  in'o  the  ^aniMine  ronm  without  an-werin2 
liis  (pn'stion.  .At  the  niomeiit  I  ojtened  I'le  door 
from    the    har   someene   flipped    out    at    the    back 


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59 


of  tlip  riird  room.     A  pust  of  wind   rnttlo'l  !>"lh 
dix)i-  t'l  witli  ;iii  otiiinniH  -muni.  ^ 

"Tlif  wind  is  coiitiii;,'  down  thf  dividf  with  a  d  — 
,1—  iliitUr  to-iiiKlit, "  tonunrnU'd  u  btnirdi'd  miinT 
nu  thf  rij,dit  of  tlu-  df.iuT.  . 

•Wi'M,  if  it  do.-n*t  blow  ni«'  a  hlaok  jack  it  won  t 
|,;.,w  ii.o'anv  good,"  said  tli.'  laU.r,  ai  no  individual 
, Ajir.  i-fd  a   dfsiri'  to  bt-  '•liit.'" 

■Ihv  d.-al.T  l.x.kcd  at  his  lanN  and  found  him- 
slf  with  fifU'in.  Ill-  dealt  liimvlf  an  at.",  lic?i- 
tat.'d.  then   turnrd  iinotlHT  card.      It   was  a  tl. 

••Wfll,  I'l's  go.'d  ciiougli,"  1m'  said.,  as  he  rakfd 
in  iill  tlu-  nioni'V  on  tlio  tab!.'  save  thai  of  -Silvj'r 
.l.i.k  ■■  whosf  stake  he  d(iu!. l.'.l.  for  my  friend  held 
I  .uieen  and  an  ace.  and  .lende.l  to  take  th«  deal, 
lb'  wa.s  ju.st  in  the  middle  .,f  his  tir4  sluillle  when 
u  door  was  violently  Hung  open,  and  u  .-hout  wa.-« 

heard :  ,       ,  i  v 

"The  river's  rising,  the  bndpo  ho?  went,  we 
heard,  and.  regardle,->  of  grammar  the  owner  of  the 
Noice  rushed  to  t!ie  next  saloon  to  =prcad  the  dole- 
ful  tidings. 

"Silver  Jack"  wa;»  the  first  man  to  reach  tho 
ptivet.  The  river  even  then  covered  a  (iuarter()f 
,1  mile  at  its  mouth  in  place  of  tho  few  feet  which 
liad  marked  its  boundaries  tho  previous  night.  I 
swiftly  ran  in  tho  diret'tion  of  D  .\ venue,  know- 
in"  that  tho  gambler  was  sure  to  make  his  way 
th.TO  also.  But  progress  was  soon  impossible. 
Whoro  the  avenue  had  been  but  a  short  time  bo- 
fore,  the  angry  mountain  stream  now  swept  with 
a  force  already  sufficient  to  cut  a  new  bod  through 
the  centre  of  the  town.  ,    t   l       i   ai. 

Above  tho  whistling  of  the  wind  I  heard  the 


i 


I 


6o           The    Dashing    Sally  Duel 

pound  nf  a  piano.     It  oamo  from  tlio  direction  of 
tlio  lake. 

"(iood    Ciod,*''   oxclaiitH'd    .Tack,  wiio   turned   Tip 


at  the  inoiaen 


t.  M.>- 


i>  a 


tloat 


in 


;er   lion-;i\ 


Xo 


otliiT  woman  would  have  tlic  nerve  to  play  her  own 
funeral  march." 

The  Hood  had  .-w<  i-t  all  the  boat?  from  the  water- 


front.    lUit  that   <; 

"Come  with  nic" 
above  the  sound  ol 
water?. 

We  made  our 
the  foot  of  the  hill 
down  the  slaiitiiiL,'  v' 
bay.  'J'here  we  l"!:! 
miiinti'  to  launch  it. 
thi?  backwater.  Oim 
rific  batih'  coiunn'ti.  ■ 
I  do  not  know.     \Vi; 


1    imt   daunt   the   Invcr. 

lir  shrieked  ^o  ;is  to  be  heard 

tiic  gale  and   the  roar  of  the 


\v;iy 

.■i!l< 


throuirh     the     storm     to 

from  then>  took  our  way 

m!  lo  the  mill   in  a  -iclnded 

1   a   boat.      It   t'lnk   us  but  a 

ir  the  storm  had  imt  nMched 

I   out  in  the  main  lake  a  ter- 

d.      How  we  livi'd  tlirouLrh  it 

it  before  T  had  thou'_dit  of  as 


a    woman 


train    >;!;'!ded    with    diamonils 


had 


taken  on  life  and  H'lnKJance  of  a  woman  scorned. 
Lake  and  river  coni!Mti d,  and  it  scfrnnd  as  if  the 
prize  for  which  'l' \  -trove  was  that  frail  ?hack 
which  contained  ]>!,:■  1,  Joss.  Ka>lo  l?iver  rushed 
roarinjrly  into  its  ein  iny  until  its  intluence  could 
be  felt  half  way  aero—  the  lak(\  Tlic  sounil  of  the 
ancrry  water.s  wa.«  taki^n  up  in  the  mountains  and 
ocho(Nl  in  many  a  cumiiiiL'  cave  and  curiou-:  hollow. 
A  man  who  came  over  the  St.  Mary"-  <livide  i  day 
or  two  later  told  me  i'  at  the  -ouiid  of  the  conflict 
etnick  terror  into  hi-  in  art.  and  hr,  bavinij  found 
reli,i:ioii,  expected  to  liml  Ka-ln  like  S(id"ni.  As 
a  matter  of  fact,  on  'li'-  day  of  lii-  arrival,  the  sun 
shone  brilliantly  on  t';e  tented  scene,  and  nature 


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6i 


vn.s  as  pniilingly  radiant  as  any  city  Vonus  after 


h;i\\ 


To  us  in  that  small  boat,  it  I 


xH'ami^  a  question  of 


H  of   rcaciiui 


fining  our  own    lives  as  we 
tioating  house  which  carried  the  dishevoled  1.  _ 
the  gainbh'r.     The  coohiess  of  "Silver  Jack,"  the 
Mreiigth  of  his  arm,  and  that  undying  love  paved 


g  th 
ove  o 


us  from  destruction  that  night.     Hail 

fiir  an   in-^taut.  had  one  \u\>r  thoiieht  to  ^o  back 


we  given  in 


liriTi    eiitertiiineil    for  a    riioiiien' 
would  have  wra[ij)ed  us  in  it 


Koot 


eriav 


iic-fold  shnnu 


I^k- 


Iiize( 


Vt  last  we  n'ai'hcd  the  house  on  the  waters,  ami 
wondered  how  we  were  to  hoard  it.     A  horrible 

to 


I 

VMiir  from  the  shack  called  to  us  that  if  we  tried 


g>  t  aboard  a  l)ulle: 


the  t 


one: 


tl 


would  end  our  livrs. 


I 


lose  (d   tl 


in  the  barroom.     .lack    was 
tliough  his  buck    '  ivered,  lii.- 


1'  man  who  had  beer» 
rowing    stroke,    bnt 
iirm  was  none  the  )p«i 


jK'Uerful,  and  In  H,k  no  notice  of  the  threat.  .. 
.'■iKit  was  heard.  For  a  moii  ■  -it  I  woiul.Ted  where 
1  liad  been  liit  and  why  it  w.i^  I  was  r-till  able  to 
I'ull.     Tiien  1  found  tliat  no  bullet  ha.l  come  near 

nil'. 

The  problem  of  how  to  get  on  to  the  house  was 
F^hed  by  an  ed(h-.  wliieh  took  us  out  of  the  furv 


'f  tlie  Iak(^  and  deposited 


us  on 


I  sand  spit  in  front 


t    Heautiful     Falls,    which,   1    .-trangely    noticed, 
illy  {)l;islie.l  amid  the  din  of  the  storm.    Tv- 


iinisK 


r.g  the  boat  to  a  fallen  tree,  we  got  on  to  the  1 


■ntered  the  sitlinsrnom.     It 


lOUSO 


was  empty.     The 


-■'..■'■  seemed   unnaturally   silent  after   the  storm 
^^  'liout  and  fne  .sound  of  the  piano  was  still  in  our 


c.irs. 


Jack  leading,  we  went  into  the  beJroom, 


pre- 


i 


i! 


!! 


€2  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

paix'd  for  every  ernorgpnoy  but  the  one  wo  had  to 

On  the  bed  va?  the  lifeless  form  of  the  stranger, 
«nd  beneath  was  tln'  m  (>iningly  dead  l)0(ly  of  Black 
'3e^.  The  ganilil>r  thin;,'  tiio  l)0(ly  of  his  cm'tiiy 
to  one  side,  and  it  huddled  in  the  corner,  looking 
like  a  mass  of  clnllus  propped  at  curious  angkis. 
As  Jack  t(X)k  the  form  of  Joss  in  his  arm-',  she 
-openet^l  her  eyes. 

"Tliank  heawn."  was  his  fervent  exclamation. 
"I  thought  he  had  killed  you,"  he  siid. 

"Ah,  no,"'  she  ai!-W'rt>d  weakly,  '"it  was  I  who 
shot  him.  '  When  ]»■  made  that  threat  to  kill  you 
I  seized  ihe  gun.  ;ind.  scarcely  knowing  what  I 
was  doing,  jininii'i  it  at  him.  When  I  heard  the 
?^hot  I  fainted,  an!  his  body  must  have  fallen 
Licross  me.  But.  dark,  how  glad  I  am  that  you 
were  not  drowned.  I  was  in  such  lermr  when  I 
saw  you  coming  aer"--  the  hike  to  save  me.  I  am 
yours  now,  dear  .hi,  k.  for  ever."  she  said,  atid 
about  that  time  I  thniight  that  a  view  of  r.miiliful 
Falls  l)y  moonlight  all  alone  was  about  the  best 
ihing  for  me. 


m 


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63 


THE  CULTUS  TRADER. 

SrwAsn  Jim  prrvc-  Kin;,'  Edward.  "Tho  Great 
White  Mother  .-^Icoiks"  .siid  he.  "Siwash  .'ini  and 
Chief  Dick  now  tjiko  orders  I'mm  Edward  Jfox." 

It  was  characteristic  of  .lim  iliat  he  phiced  him- 
self Ijcforo  Chief  Dick.  Jim  is  the  jxiiiceman  at 
the  Indian  ranclierce,  near  A'ancouver,  and  he 
i^erves  tlio  blue  papers  head,  d  "Edward  Rc.x,"' 
which  Cliief  Dick  only  si;.'iis. 

Ju  front  of  the  residence  of  Siwash  Jim  is  a 
Inige  totfm  pole.  In  tlie  evenin;r.  when  he  be^^ins 
t'>  feel  lonely,  Jim  returns  to  the  bosom  of"his 
family;  in  other  words,  he  communes  with  the 
t'lti'in  i>olo,  for  upon  it,  in  many  a  f;'ntastic  curve, 
U  wr'Uen  the  hi-tory  of  his  forebears.  Jim  is  not 
;i'de  iu  transcribi'  that  part  of  the  pole  wliich  tells 
•  'I'  the  family  relations  previous  to  the  landin;,'  of 
r.iptain  r,M)k  at  .Noolka  in  1778.  Whether'' his 
i::noraucc  is  real  or  assumed  I  have  not  yet  be^-n 
aide  to  fathom,  but  this  much  is  pretty  certain,  the 
history  was  written  in  a  IjIihkIv  writin'i,'. 

One  day  when  Jim  was  in  a  particular  pood  Im- 
nior,  he  asked  me  to  come  and  sit  beneath  the  totem 
and  drink  in  the  glories  of  the  past.  1  t)unii:ht  it 
an  excellent  chance  to  heir  a  chapter  from  tho 
tut  em  pole. 

"You   would   like  to   hear  something  of   Jim'a 


I 


I 


HI 


64 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


hi^t'lry,*'  lie  romark<;l,  in  answor  in  niv  qnp>tion. 
'"Ilic  w;ir  i'cvcr  is  in  yi  ur  blood,"  hi-  ufiit  on,  "and 
yon  chcor  the  nicii  who  '^o  IJLrlit  tti''  liners,  so  I 
will  till  you  the  sinrv  "f  the  man  who  li'v.'llrd  his 
eiikwalal  (,L,nin)  at  ihr  Ily-is  Tycv  (Sir  .lainos 
Poii^Has,  (Jovcnior  nf  X'aiicouvor  I-laiul  in  tlie 
fiftii's)   in  tho  d.iys  ^f  my  father. 

"■^'our  Dniiirla.-  wa-  mado  llyas  Tyco  ov<t  all 
ilio  laiul  bv  the  (ireat  Mnthor,  wlio  sleejts  at  Wind- 
sor, over  tlnTc  InxMiii]  th(>  mo\inta::i-  where  the 
railway  runs.  My  la' her  was  then  eliief  of  the 
Cowichins. 

"Then'  cnmo  aiihiiiL'  us  a  white  trader.  ITo  was 
posliak  (l)a<l)  at  luait.  Wo  called  liirn  lultus, 
•wliicli  in  your  way  '  f  spoakinir,  is  worthies-.  lie 
pou^rlit  to  rxfhnriL'''  t'lewater  for  furs.  One  of  our 
vounji  braves  had  a  \  ilual)le  otter  skin  which  the 
vhite  man  wanted.  I'ut  (,)ua!iehiii  did  imi  love 
whiskev,  and  ho  int. mied  the  skin  for  Mowasa,  a 
beauty  of  the  tri'    . 

'•()no  ni;rht,  whik  (.'ualiehin  wa<  sleejiiriir,  the 
trader  came  to  lii-  t.  iit  to  steal  the  ^]<in.  9\iali- 
chin  awoke  ju-t  a-  i!.e  cidtus  man  was  escaping. 
He  cried  to  him  to  -;''p.  hut  the  white  man  ran  on, 
Fo  Qualichin  siiot  l.iMi.  How  could  he  help  it  if 
the  man  wa«  shot  in  I'.c  liaek?  The  wliito  man 
was  minnintr  away,  'if  tended  the  wound  and 
cured  the  trader  Imt  i  e  hnnieht  evi!  upon  us  by 
reportin;:  all  manner  nf  bad  thinLr>  to  the  Ilyii^ 
Tyco  at  Vi(  toria. 

"Tho  great  Ciovenn  r  l)e]ieved  the  tales  of  the 
trader,  and  he  came  ujt  the  cna-t  in  a  <,)ueen'3 
fhij).      When  at  Saaiii'  ii   he  sent    I'.^r  m\    fa'her. 

"  "Cow  iehin.'  said  he.  "vou  have  a  vounsi  man  in 


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65 


vniir  tribo  wliosc  luiml.- 


wiiitL'    trailer.      Y 
at  A'iftnria.' 


an'  stained  witli  lilood  of  n 


uu   niu.-t    ''i\r   1 


IIIU 


up    Tor   trial 


'.My     father    was     nve 


knew  that  th<'  tr; 
that  the  Smi-;  nl 
tl 


nonie    with    ;,'riff.      He 
I'l'T  was  a  liar,  but  lie  kn<'W  also 
the  .Mother  stand  bv  each  uther 


iroii;_Mi  ''11(1(1   (ir  il 


'W 


e   are    the    s(  rvant 


f    the    prcat     White 


Moth<'r.'  he  aii>U(  red.  'hut   the  white  trad.T  iiiiist 
have  lied   to  veil."      A] 


Ki   tie  (h-ew  hiiii.-.'lt'  lip  as  if 


iiaiiLMit  hut  truth  was  -pokcn  by  one  of  our  tribe, 

e<iiill(lcnre,  that  there  were 


(./itii  idid  inc.  in  strict 


-'line   rciTUi 


aiiMiiLT   the   Cdwicii 


■^iini:hir-.   tlicir  natural   eininic-. ) 


Ills  as  aniuiiL:   the 


■-Mv  fail 


icr.     (11 


til       111.'  trad 


iitinucd  .liin.  ■•tdid  tlie  ( 


lovcrnnr 


Uualicliin  .-hot 


'•r  (aine  as  a  tlMcf  to  steal,  and  that 


axe  111-  pr<p.  riv. 


_  '■'"''    "11!-'     he    i:i\cn    lip    to    ju-lice."    replied    th(? 

Coycriior.     'I    in\>elf    will    fake    him    to    Vn  toria 
and  see  that  lie  has  fair  trial." 


'-My    father   si^rhed.     J!c    wa,- 


•..•iialiihin   would   never 


w< 


II 


aware 


that 


uitiiout  the  mark  of  the  -k 


come  hack    from    \'ictoria 


itoKKIl 


1   house   (pri.-on) 


upon  him.      lie  a.-kcd  for  time  to  eon-ider. 

"'I'lie  White  Ty,...  was  always  fair  to  his  oppo- 
nent?, and  he  ^'ranted  the  reipiest.  That  ni_'!it 
tiK.'re  was  a  great  talk  amon::  the  (*owi.hins.  Tho 
}"un<,'  anion-  the  tribe  were  for  a  fi-ht,  but  the 
'■Iders  poin'cd  out  that  tliore  were  iruns  on  tiie 
^'ueenV  ship  in  the  bay.  and  iik  n  in  i)lue  f.nil  leg- 
;:!r;r'^  who  never  mis.-. d  when  thev  .shot. 

"t^ialiehin  ended  the  talk  i)y"sayin^':  *I  shall 
;:ive  my-.  If  up  to  tho  Whit.-  Chief  in  the  moruing, 
but  to-n:ght  1  would  be  with  Mouasa.' 


Hi 


66  The    Dasliing    Sally    Duel 

"Tlip  morning  dawm  <],  and  the  Governor  ap- 
pearcil. 

" 'Cowichin.'  he  i  nnimandod,  and  there  was 
that  in  his  voice  ulmh  made  oven  my  father 
trciiiliU'.  "Ijrinji  out  uur  prisoner.' 

"Hilt  the  spirit  nt  "nv  ancestors  was  with  my 
father  yet.  He  Inn',.;!  at  tiie  (iovernnr.  and  there 
was  jrrief  and  lol'ty  |ii;r|io-.f  in  his  kindly  eyes. 

''Tlie  mm  from  ti.i  war  \es:-el  were  as  r-tonos  of 
hluo. 

"'Do  not  ask  it.  (i.  \crnor,'  he  rci'Iii'd..  'I  can- 
not pive  liiin  uji.' 

"The  (iovcni'ir  lifttd  hi«  hand,  and  tlie  stone 
nionuiiKMits  tddk  i<<\  i:lV.  Tliey  nianlii'd  in  front 
of  us  and  stimd  \\\\\<.  ■:nn<  ready  at  the  >lioidd(>r. 

"Our  trilie  li.id  U'  ijinns.  we  outnuniliered  tlio 
men  from  tlic  ship.  I'liit  wliat  was  our  skill  to 
theirs,  nur  dieiplii,.  ;■.  tlio  machine  I  (Jim  was 
there  in  the  sjiirit  a-  '  ■  u.i'  t'llim:  me  the  story.) 
For  a  few  moment-  i:  i-niked  as  if  Cowichin  IJiver 
was  tn  run  red.  whni  <^tualichin  stepped  forward. 
The  li.irlit  of  the  m;i(:  ua-  in  his  eye.  He  held  a 
Hudson  Bay  <:ni\  in  iii-  IwiikL  Mnwasa  was  no- 
where   to   he    seen. 

"'I  will  1:0  to  till'  Willie  Chief,'  he  said. 

"He  walked  shiwlv  towards  Governor  Douglas. 
Half  way  he  ^ot.  tin  11.  (piick  as  a  llash.  he  raised 
his  weapon  and  poini<  1  it  at  the  Tyee.  He  pulled 
the  tri^'irer.     The  <.nin  missed  fire. 

"(lovernor  Dou^da-  ma<]e  no  sijrn.  He  was  a 
hrave  man.  But  my  father  was  as  one  who  was 
mad.  Treachery  of  the  kind  was  unworthy  the 
Cowieliins.  Better  a  year  in  the  skookum  house 
than  that. 


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^7 


''Ifo  firdcrc'l  (^)uali(liin  to  l.c  ^cizod  in  onlor  tlwit 
l:r  might  ho  ImiiiihI  .uk]  hniidid  over  to  the  ship's 
imn.  Tlio  Wiiiti'  ("hii'f  stonil  \,y  cahnly.  It  was 
;i«  if  1k'  was  in  the  furt  at  Victoria  iindt-r  the  pro- 
tictif>n  of  the  puns  nf  tin*  fir>,it  Mntln^r. 

'■'^iialichin   wa>  hdiind.  and   niy   fittluT  himsrlf" 
handed  him  over  to  th>'  uiii'r-  for  trial.    Treachery 
dr-crvcd  doatli,  and  (^ualirhin  was  hanged  to  a  tree 
in  front  nf  tlie  whole  friln\ 

'"The  maidens  went  to  comfort  ^lowasa.  Thry 
found  her  in  Qiialichin"  teat  with  (H!ualichiii.'& 
liunting  knife  iu  Iter  lieart."' 


68  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


THE  I'ASSI.\(;  OF  CALLIcr>r. 

(.1  Slon/  shoirin,/  ln,n-  <i,ain  lost  Ilntish  Awrrica.) 

Loiu)  OK  iln!i;\i;i>  Im.i.t  in  Kint  w;is  Cillinini. 
}^i,i:  anil  liniad  u.i-  'ic.  as  was  ihr  aciva^'i'  over 
which  he  hiintrd.  I,',,l  was  liis  (..l,,r,  ami  rare 
wen' his  attainni.; ,;>      Imp  an  Imlian  nf  that  day. 

Siwa>h  .(iiii  can  ti-.cc  his  .h-cmt  hark  i.i  ('alH- 
cuin.  even  a-  lh<'  (  :  aaipinn  >>\'  the  Kmi:  •an  pro- 
diKv  a  chart  -h"U!i!_'  Imw  he  i>  (l>>,e!i,|c(|  fr.. in  one 
who  caim  over  t|,r  i;:,_r|i,h  Channel  uiih  Williara 
of  Xoniiaiidv.  And  ^le  Siwa.-h  i<  as  proud  as  any 
chainpion  uh'Mi   it  eini;.-  to  aiice.-irv. 

But  Siwa-h  .Iini  :-  l.rd  oidv  of' a  whitewasliod 
f^liiick  and  a  hw  !-.!-.  ••'rhe  white  men  wt're  ever 
land  i:rahliir-."  he  -,i\  ~. 

What  ui'P  the  happv  hunting'  ,i:rnun(]s  of  Talli- 
cuni  are  tn-<lay  the  i  nv  of  Vatiennver.  and  the 
ninniiipali;ies  id'  N-nh  and  South  \'ancouvor. 
Callicuni  pa-sod  froni  tiii^  earth  in  a  violent  niau- 
nt»r.  and  to  the  everla-t:n;,'  di-i:raco  <.f  Sp.iiti.  But 
the  passini:  was  Iiii:  w.th  results. 


Tho  Pacific  coast  i~  a  history  hook,  and  lie  who 
runs  may  read  a  litth  of  the  rninanco  of  its  trans- 
formation from  a  foP -t  *o  the  halfwav  house  of 
empire.  The  very  air  of  t.-c  Canadian  coast  is  red- 
olent   of    Cook    and    .Mackenzie    and    Vancouver, 


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69 


Mliiir  .',■.  n  t"  uliat  i.-  now  rmti'il  Staffs  frrritnry 
liic  L'i.iiiini' (ii'  Urn  r-li  ciitiTiu-i-i' cliiii:-.  A  Uriti-ii 
li.n.il  niliiiT  ;:ivc  iii«  nam,'  t'l  Vw:>-\  ShuikI,  wliilf 
.M'.  l'.,ikir.  uiii(li  iu\vtM>  aiinw  tlir  Mati'  nT  Wa.-li- 
irijtiiii.  (luc-  it.-  r"_'iiMiiicn  Id  dill'  who  cam''  mit  wiili 
\  aiiiDUM  r  in  till  ii'Miiiia..-  t  in.'-  al  t,.r  •  iKi  ni  the 
.-(■M'titciiitli  ifiit  un . 

Captain  .laiii'-  I'.^urll.  ,,1'  IT-  Mnj  -;■,"-  -iirvry 
^hi[>  /•.''/-;(.;.  !n:ikc(i  iiiHiii  ;!  ,■  r.  c.';!!!,-  'I'rriiiiiial 
<'il\  I'mm  tl:.'  iiiik  <>(  lin'  l:in;.r'^<  "/'  In-.i.  'I'lii' 
Wliitr  I.ini-r  wa-  .-1m\»!_v  >tiaiii:ii_'  tuwan!-  tlic  Nar- 
I'lu-.  wi.icli  (ii\iii.'  Iliirr,!;  il  Inn  1  linni  tia-  tiiill'  >>{ 
(iinriri,!.  ('..j'lain  I'cwiii  \'.  1-  i>;i  riirlnii'^Mi  ainl 
wa~  lit  nnitr  to  Cliiiii.  A-  !i"  ~;imii|  cin  tlic  dnk 
lit'  till'  t'anaiiian  I'ai-.iir  lin  r  ][■■  [in'Miitnl  a  notalilo 
liLTM'.  'I'Im!  Ill'  ua-  a  l'.!-iti-!iir  ua~  rviiii  iit  at  tin,' 
tir.-i  ,L'lanr''.  lint  li.i  if  ua-  a  LMari'l'iiln' --  almnt 
hull  uliiiii  (:!l!i'<l  I'nr  a  -i'iiik!  lilaiin'.  ami  which 
tiiiil  al-ii  "!'  S<Mithi-rii  hl'.u.l.  A  |.n  ttv  Ani'  liraii 
tmiri-t  ua-  h'ai-il  tn  iiiiiaik  liial  !:'•  rniiiiKiril  haT 
i<(  a  .L'allani  S|ian:aril  -hi'  iiail  ni'  I  in  Madriil.  It 
\va>  nut  (if  the  city  nl'  \'.iip 'Hivit  that  li.i'  attrac- 
tive captain  ua.-  tiiinkiiiL:.  imt  nl'  a  fair  Spani.-h 
i.'irl  whiiM-  tiaiinf,-  wen-  iii-jihi\fil  in  tin-  aiici'stral 
hall  in  Kini. 

At  I'oint  (Iray  liis  L'!"'Mt-'_Ta!ii!fath('r  had  won 
tliat  lo\t'lv  _m1  111  17l»"J.  aiii]  it  ua-  l'"iin  dray  iliat 
looiHiil    Millilcr. 


"Do  vnii  tliink  t'liTi'  will  ho  wir'"  (jnf-tionod 
one  itHTchant  ol'  Chiap.-iilc  of  another  in   171*0. 

"I  <lo  not;  I  think  Spam  uill  liark  down."  waa 
the  an-wer.     "She  ha.-  no  rial  •  \cu.-fe  to  otVer  for 


70 


The     Da^hlny    Sally    Duel 


l\rr  lii;:lihanilr(l  ju  ti  .ii  ;it  N'onikii,  in  caiituriiij,'  that 
Uritisli  riKTcliiiiit  \r--i  i." 

■"I'lUt  ciiii  vdii  ti  ii  iiic  whiTf  Xiiotka  is?"  asked 

the    lir.-t    IIlfrcllMIl!. 

"Yiin  imi>t  f.\ri:-.  iin  .  Imt  I  Ii.ivt  an  appoint- 
niriit,"'  said  the  oil/  r.  a-  In-  Ixirri'd  away.  From 
\vlii(  li  it  will  lie  -''II  that  Fuij^'li-litni'n  were  not 
better  aojuaititi '!  ;i:  ilm-i  (l.._vs  \vii!i  the  I'aeific 
coast  than  thfV  hn     "ilay. 

Spain  in  1*I*"  u.i-  un  more  [irrparr.l  fur  war 
with  (Jreat  Brit. mi  tii.r  -hi'  wa-  to  meet  the 
Tnited  State-  m:'  liutnlrrd  yiar-  l.itiT,  al'ter  the 
lilowinLT  up  of  IS.  1/ ///(*'.  Fort  nil  itilv  for  Hi- 
Catholu'  Majr-i\.  ;:,.  -truLr;,'!!'  wa-  a\' rtrd.  Spain 
iifrreeiii;,'  to  iiial  '  ■  ■  ; Mrat ioii,  and  a  kn"ult'd,i;infr 
(inat  hritainV  ii,  !  on  the  iinrthwr-i  (oast  of 
America.  Kim:  i .  ru'"'  -'nt  an  oxpedition  to 
Xoolka  iindtr  Caorain  Vancouver,  and  I'.ritish 
Coluniliia  had  a  i"  :  niiin^'.  Tliat  expedition  rop- 
re^e^tcd  a  jieiuiy  nf  Kmpire  in  compari-on  witli  the 
vast  sum-  whieii  li  i.'  heen  spent  in  iiiiildinii  im*' 
maintaining'  tiie  \,<\\'V  r)ritain-  which  line  thf 
chores  of  the  Sevi  ii  ^.  a-.  lUit  that  penny  is  yiold- 
inj:  compound  intei.  -i   in  ponnds. 

On  Captain  \  an. 'uvcr's  ship,  the  DlsrovPnj, 
was  a  Fieutenant  I'.u.  II.  In  K'M)  the  ves>el  en- 
tered Burrard  Inltt.  md  one  June  day  anchored 
ri(Mr  Point  Ciray.  'i'hi  if  were  two  Spanish  vessels 
there. 

"It  gives  me  preat  p'e,i-ure  to  weloome  you,"  re- 
marked the  Spanish  (ap;ain  to  the  Enfflishman. 
"I  may  say,  liowevi  r.  that  at  Xootka  the  fleet 
awaits  you." 

So  Captain  Vancouvir  continued  liis  journey  to 


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71 


\  '  -f  wore  tliM'O  S:);ini~li  friLMtcs  iiinl  a  l)ri;,'.  Tliiri 
!.ii;rr,  tilt'  Aihrr,  tli  w  the  limad  |>«'iiiiiiiit  of  Sonur 
I»iii  .l>i;iii   I'Vain  i-<'>  (If  la  y  I'miliLM  t.Miailra.   .— ^"< 

Am!  at  Nontka.  wlnic  tlif  Ai  lur  lay,  tli<-  Towoll 
;-.,:iiaiii-i'  i  oiiiiiH'rn  <  il. 

Li.  ulriiaiil    l'n\Mll   was   till-   tir-l    Knuli.-h   nival 

'  .  '  f  t"  >t''p  a-lii)i'-  fp.m  tlir   ''•-'■■    I'  '  ;. 

■J  :i:ii  -cut."  -ml  li'',  uitli  a  w  \<>  ^I'uor  Qiia- 
.;m.  "Id  iiHjiiiii'  if  a  rn_\al  .-a!iUr  10  tiic  ll.iix  wmihl 

'.  ail ijiti'ii y 

•"It  will  alT'inl  IIP'  ;,"•'  it  I'lii-nrc  to  fxeiiange 
1 'iiii|iliiiii'iit,-  with  the  ..  Iili'  (apt. nil."  wa-  thf  t:al- 
l..iit  H'lily. 

A-  111'  pa--t'(!  hack  t-i  hi-  inat  tln'  ^.I:L:.,^l•.IIlan 
•:'i;i,|  aiii'Mii:  tlic  hiiii-'-h'ili!  nt'  Si  fior  (Juailra,  a 
II  .mlrii  dl'  rail'  In  iiits.  !"•;•  iiiaiiy  i!i"!Uii.-  I-i<;u- 
;.  iiaiit  I'nwcll  liai;  -I'lii  tin  \\!i;;"  wiciiaii.  ami  the 
L'!"rv  iif  tlii-  I'  111  1  !'  Spain  captivatiil  liim  at  lirpt 
-  '.'lit.  Uah^l  ii'  Alva  W.I.-  ^f  tlic  -^i!iii':;vo  tvpc  of 
\wiii!an. 

Ii'ii-i-  coldrnl  was  th'  nii'Tt  nf  t',"  -ii-ci'ptihlo 
'liMitciiaiit  to  his  (a[)taiii.  Hi'  ililatfil  iij>on  th«J 
I'Mirtf-y  (if  Scfior  (^>n.iilra,  luit   lu'  saiil  iiuthing  of 

t';i'    Iliaiill'Il.  1 

"We  an-  to  si'ttlc  tlii^  ipir-tjim  aiiiirahly,"  said 
(  aplain  A'ancoiivrr  in  tin-  Sjianianl.  "-o  ^hall  we, 
;:-  a  >tart.  nanio  tins  i.-!aiiil  hy  our  joint  nam('«?"*>^ 

•"By  all  incan^  ''t  it  ii«'  N'ancKtivrr  and  (Quadra 
i-laiiil."  rcturni'd  the  Scfinr.  "And  why  not,  cap- 
tain, iiavc  an  cxchanp'  ainmij:  our  otliccrs  so  that 
iluy  may  have  a  i  hancc  to  g(  t  ai(juaintod  while 
till'  surveys  rrc  i)('in<r  made." 

"An  excellent  |ilan,"  warmly  replied  Captain 
Vancouver. 


'■i\ 


II 


72  The     Dashinji;    Sally    Dud. 

And  tlm*  it  w;i.-  tli;it  f.iciitcri.'int  rowdl  fMiirnI 
hiiiivlt'  oil  the  l'ri:n:s<fi  aiitl  ltMrii<'<|  tliiil  Isibcl 
wa-  tn  makf  a  lnur  i<l  tlic  islaml  i>\\  lb-  \i---i'l.       ^ 

In  that  i.«!aiic!' I.I  r.  liiii:  trip  i:n,'l,in<l  ti\<<!  Ikt 
(itain|.  ii{)on  tin-  i'.n  ;.  ,,,,|,t  ,,f  CaiKida  aixl  Span- 
ish snvcrcijrnt;,-  Impc  -  I.innd  a  L'ra\r  lic-iilr  a  iiiur- 

(Ifliil    cliirf. 

U'Im'ii  til''  Prifn'^^i  niiiiulr,!  thr  -iMith  of  tli<'  L-;- 
lam!  Iicr  (•.iniii.iiii!' ;■  (Ii'ciiji'd  to  \i-ii  the  Kriir-i  at 
I'oiiit  (Jray.  Th  r.-  \\  w  an  Indian  .-I'ttlcnifnt  on 
tlif  >h"n'  will  IT  ''>' .  !t   (  liji  I'  ( 'alliru!!!. 

rpoii  the  ari!\.:!  ^f  th.'  /',••/»,  ,vv,/.  ( 'allicuin.  )iis 
\vif<'  and  child,  pi, I  nut  in  a  Miiall  cniiur  ■■.itli  li.«h 
for  thi'  ollicctv  \  >;Mni>h  -iil.alirrn  woidd  not 
allow  tlicni  to  piy  i  ■  y  rc-pcct,-,  to  the  corimiandfT, 
and  rouiih!'  look  rl  >  •■  li-h  auay.  Tin  ci'inir.andrr 
was  (Irinkiii;;  in  h--  r.nm  whilr  llic  .Noithwr-t  Miii- 
j)irc  of  Spain  w.i-   I'l  —  im:  awav. 

"rf>iiak,   pi>hak.""   |  l.ad,   had).   P'li.arkrd   (  alli- 

^I"'l'''i  in  thf  p'M.!iar  clicking'  lnii>:ii(>  of  tlip 
nati\«-.  III.'  Wdi''-  --iindcd  liai>liir  than  tliov  wore. 
Till-  nrkl.—  noiihl:  ^pjiiiard  M'i/..'d  a  niu>ki!  from 
a  sailor  and  >!iot  (  ,i  !  i  um.  Thi.  hody  frll  over  the 
side  of  ilic  canof   inti,  the  .sea. 

"You  yoiiii:.'  fo,  I  :"■  (xclaiincd  I'owoll.  as  lie 
.snatclu'd  Iho  imirkt't  rmm  tlio  Spaniard  hcforo  he 
could  do  further  hiirm.  "That  is  how  you  di'stroy 
your  Kmpiro.'' 

Isahr!  cainc  on  tin'  iWk  at  tlio  nioniont.  and. 
I'owoll  gently  explaiiitd  to  her  the  cause  of  the 
trouble. 

"How  terrihle."  <hu\  ?he.  "Our  nation  i^  so 
hasty.     And  what  a  blow  to  that  poor  woman,"  for 


And    Other    Stories. 


73 


tli'-  iMff's  wife  liiiil  hrnkt'ii  into  wiM  laiiKiil.itinn. 

Tin  uoiiiaii  1111(1  litT  liiiM  wcH'  takt'ii  .ishun'  by 
r..iti\'  ftirtiils  who  \vi  I  III  ■•.>(■(  I  till'  iiiliiimaii  iiimc, 
I'.A.i'Il  wi'ut  luliiw,  atul  >hortly  a.'tt'rv.arci^  tlie  rolu- 
t.\is  of  ilu'  iiiuriitTcii  I'liicf  vintiin'ii  to  tlic  Span- 
i-'.  -hip  fo  be;,'  pcrmi->inii  to  .->  ircli  for  thf  body 
i"iir,iili  tlir  \i --.•!.  Till'  iiiiini'ii'r  \\a-  .-till  on 
<ii;!y.  ami  cnirllv  irl'ux'il  iiii'il  thf  alllitU'd  itiI- 
iii'ii  hail  ciiil' rttil  a  iiuihImt  uf  valuaiilc  -kin-  as  a 
MriMMii  fur  the  corp-i.'.  'J'iif  bn(!_\  wa.>  I'ounl  uuJ 
th"'  -km-  paiil  o\'  v. 

'I'liat  niiilit  a  cuuik  il  of  war  ua-  ln'M. 

\\  i.iri  ii'W'^  of  the  i'i!i!hir  oKtrap'  ua-  irivt-n  to 
1''  A'  II   hi-  .-oii^'ht    tiic  Spaiii.-)i  ( nmmaiidi  r. 

■■>ir,"  said  hf,  indiiriiaiitly.  "do  you  tiot  know 
t''  ,it  _\Mur  tiii'ii  arc  as-aultiii;:  thr  ;.doiy  of  Spaiu? 
.\i  -  like  iho.-t'  cnintiiitti'd  tu-ihiy  kill  yur  sovor- 
» ijiitv.     Murcover,  urt-    vou    picpari'd    for    repri- 

Nii-:-"' 

'"I'ooh,  ponli.  my  drar  lii  iiti'iiant,"  repliod  the 
fMmiiiaiidtT.  "yoii  takf  tlii-  litllo  matter  too  pori- 
•  '\\-\y.  Such  alfairs  aro  uiiiortunatc,  but  how 
Miialll     Why  trouble  aliout  thrmr"' 

'■r.ut,  sir,  you  ilo  not  kiniv.-  the  naturo  of  those 
lii'.'ian-.  Have  vcui  doubled  the  wateli?  They 
a!'-  -ure  to  attack   us." 

■'\on.-<  u^c,  lieutenant,  they  will  not  dare.  They 
feir  us  too  much,''  was  the  captain's  reply,  ''"^'ou 
are  new  on  this  coast,  allow  us  old-timers  to  know 
a  little  more  than  you.''  Ilu  spoke  with  ill-eon- 
ce.iled  conteinjit. 

"If  not  for  your  crow's  sake,  sir,  then  for  that 
of   the   Seuorita   Isabel,  1  Uak  you  to   atrougthcn 


# 


lil 


74 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


tho  r^i.'inl  for  "he  To^t  of  our  stay  hero,"  said  the 
Kii.L'li.-^liman. 

''Ah!  lies  tlio  I.iii.l  tliat  way,  liniifnant?''  taunt- 
in;rly  asked  tlic  SiMiiianl. 

"Sir,"  rcjiiini'l  lii''  I'.nirlislunan.  liaughtily,  "tliis 
is  no  time  for  t;i!!-.  "f  that  eharaeter ;  look  after 
your  shij)."'  ami   rnwrlj  turned  on  his  lieels. 

"TIh'  yourii:  <  u!'.  -u  lie  loves  the  daughter  of  the 
admiral.  T\u~r  '!'  .-  rd'  Kn:zli>hni(n  look  hiixh,'' 
muttered  tin'  cniinn.inder.  But  he  gave  no  orders 
for  niorv^'  security. 

The  night  pa--' d  ipiiitly.  save  for  tlie  wailincr  of 
the  women  on  th'  -',- ic.  If  the  Spaniard-  had  felt 
any  alarm,  it  vani-';  fd  with  the  dawn.  'J'iiey  had 
not  seen  the  hras'  -  iii  (■■umeil. 

l?ut  rowcll  wa-  -m!1  worried,  llr  lenked  for  an 
nttaek  next  eveimu.  When  night  arrived  lie  was 
drtailed  at  the  e.i;i:':  ;iider"s  dinner  l.iMe.  II>'  wa- 
verv  nnr;i-\-.  hui  a!'  :•  tli(^  ni. inner  >>(  his  rereptioii 
when  })''•  gav"  war':  ::,  he  eould  U'\  liring  himself 
to  nienfinn  the  -i;  >■     !   aLrain. 

The  Sf'fiorita  I  \^  i  to  walk  on  deck  at  night- 
time, and  give  hi  r-rif  intirely  to  the  .-ilene(».  In  a 
ne\\'  country  the  ali--'uie  -tillr.i ,--  alter  dark  i-^  all- 
posses.-ive.  As  l-a!"  :  -at  watching  the  >t;irs  a 
(■eupie  of  eano(>s  put  ■  ut  from  tlie  \illacr'.  She 
did  not  see  them;  -i.e  was  gazing  westward  to  tho 
far  ea^t.  Stealthilv  '  i!f  a  do^rn  Indian-  linarded 
the  I'rinrrssa.  Th> }  !iad  seen  that  tlnre  was  only 
the  -uhaltern  and  nui'  -ailo"  on  deck  with  the  girl. 
All  three  were  sci/(,I  li.fore  they  could  utter  any 
alartn.  .\-  (piictly  a-  they  <'aiiie  the  canoes  went 
hack  to  land. 

The  ah-eiue  of  tlie  -uhaltcrn  was  discovered  when 


And 


\.r 


Stories. 


/  > 


Ilii»    watch— if    watt...     .t     c< 


>vi 


,i       ho      OllUi'l — \^il-'< 


ihiiii 


'I'd.     The   olliiMT   \  !io   laiiu'    to    nlifV. 


Iiiiii 


cill.d  the  coiiimanilrr,  wlm  nnl.T.'d  all  liands  on 

■k.  and  also  stnt  for  l<iil)»'l.     When  Ikt  ln^>  was 

J  ill:  lu.k  for  not  taking  ihf 


(I0( 

di 


^(•ovorod,  he  tur^ 


Kiiirlii^hman's  advice. 


\ 


•It  is  useless  doinir  anylhini:  till  in'.niinir,"  ?au 
the  conmiandiT. 

Lieutenant  Powell  chaf.'il  at  the  dflay.  At  d.iy- 
hri'ak  he  aroused  the  comiiiandiT  ami  a-k'd  to  i)e 
]uit   in  cliarge  of   tlie  search   l>arty.     The   re(iut>t 


was   a;:reed    to. 


SrlcctmLT    a    (io/ill      o 


f 


nio?t 


lire  am 


likelv  Spaniards,  ho  iiia.lr  his  way  to  tin 
found  the  camp  de.-crtcd.  The  Indians  had  re- 
treated to  the  j)rimeval  for.'st ;  pathle>s  to  whites, 
the  home  of  reds.  There  were,  however,  evidences 
of  the  route  taken  hv  the  Indi.iiw.  and  Towell  and 


liis  men  followed   tliein  up   for  the 


<l,iv, 


When  niL'ht  came  the    ]■ 


iiiian   reali/.ei 


il  the 


f. 


inlhardmess  o 


f  the  enteriin-e.  hut  wliat    man  of 


Ki  nt  in  liis  i>o>ititin  wduiO  iiave  alia 
None.  thou,i:h  the  lilMe  party  wa-  in  tl 
the  iVu-e.-t ;  shut  out  fmui  the  >ea,  perhap 


udoned  it? 
iiiii!.-t  of 
with  foes 


ill  roun 


d. 


T  cannot  let  the  Se'fiorit 


a  lie  ('a 


rried  awav 


ou 


t  an  effort  to  save  her,"  >.n>\  \v  tu  hi-  men. 


\\itli- 
"  You 
know  the  danger;  will  ymi  Mand  hy  uw'r  ' 

"We  will,  sir."  thev  aii-uered.  Th-y  spoki'  as 
Knglisliraen.  hecause  they  liled  the  nonheriu-r  who 
was  leadiuL'  them. 

At  the  dawn  they  started  again,  and  -nrnewhat 
to  their  -mrpri^e.  ami  rather  to  tin  :r  d..~may.  ca:ne 
lipon  the  red>kin-  in  an  h^ur.  Tiie  native-,  w.'re 
expecting  them,  and  wer"  drawn  up  hy  hundreds  in 


mmML 


- ■-r*,^*^^J);^i;i;T>;;; '  ,  ,■»; , 


76 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


a  cloiirintr.  Thoy  knew  all  ahout  tho  })ursuit;  thoy 
onnli!  liavo  anniliilatid  iho  farty  in  tin;  iiij^ht.  Hut 
tlici*'  was  a  noble  scii-iliility  ainnnj:  tho^o  woodmen. 
Callicuin  liail  drilli'd  into  liis  trilx'  ^'onorous  and 
liospitablc  i(l(\a>.  and  tlie  example  of  the  murdered 
ijiaii  wa.'^  still  stroni'. 

"It  would  be  \i~'  It--  to  fipht  thi-  liordo,"  the 
lioiitonant  said.  '"I  must  try  to  induce  tliem  to 
peace  fully  jrive  up  tin'  captive." 

J'lit  there  was  one  man  that  would  ni'ver  return 
to  the  PritKCf^sn. 

\\ith   a   dozen  arrows   in   the 

-  tiinrtal  of  the  unhappy  subal- 

>v  the  lieutenant  to  obtain  the 

a  and  the  sailor.     His  joy  at 

!'i!  by  the  death  of  th'.'  Span- 


l>onnd  to  a  tn.\ 
}(ody,  was  all  that  w : 
tern.  It  was  ea-y  i 
return  of  the  Seunr 
the  fact  was  unduu 
iard. 

"The  fool  dcser\c' 
cers.  when  the  Prin' 
Powell  was  retell iuL' 
was  marri(^d  to  ]<:\\ 
Senor  ]>on  Juan  Fra 


■'  he  told  hi-  brother  offi- 

returned  to  Nootka.  and 

stnrv  the  niirht  l^eforo  he 

ly   the  fallier  eoiifes-or  of 

10  de  la  y  l')'Hli':r;i  (,)iiadra. 

It  is  over  a  C(>nlury  imw  since  the  tbii,'  <d'  Spain 

ha?  implied  any  owik  r^liljl  in  the  laud  which  to-day 

is  Briti.-h  Columbia. 


And    Other    Stories. 


77i 


A  HUDSON'S  BAY  COMPANY  TIG. 


[.Vote  to  Atncriran  rf';iil(T= :  Tlii« 
nil  t'litin'ly  ('.iiiadiau  view  nl'  ;i  nuv 
dary  (|iit\-ti()ii.J 


of  coui  -(".  is 
settled  buun- 


flnrvT  Bkitaiv  and  (lio  Fiiitrd  Statr"?    nearly 


\v>'iit  t')  war  l)i'fau.-('  n!  a  pur. 


ll 


wa-  na 


ly 


Ic  I'orktT — a   l>crk>liir''  with  a  jMditxrft'  as  1 


ii  val  li- 


ons 


1,-  that  of  a   Dfrhv   wiiim  r.      It 


ciTtainly   provw 


-tlv  to  Britain  for.  i'rtwcfti  it  and  the  KiiqxTor 


f  ( 


irrmanv, 
.1 


.n'dariil  In-t  it-  titl''  to  tlio  is'anil  o 


f 


.>an  .man,  w 


liicli  British  ('.iliiiiiliia  to  tlii.'  hour 
thinks  should  \n-  a  i)art  nt  it.  .\inrrican.-J  aiul 
Britishers  know   little  alnnit   Canada,  ovi-n  to-dav. 


tlioiii 


11  nnudi  IS  hcanl  ol  an 


All 


KTK  an  "invasion 


f!f  the   l)ninini(in.   an^l   tlioiii:!i   the   British   are  al- 


wav; 

No"t 


:   talk 

(inr  O 


in;.'  about   "that    l^'al    colony.   Canada. 
]r-  .iwaro  of  what  tin*  Sau 


Mian    ill 


ut  of  a  liuiniri'  1 
^put 


was   (iv.T. 


W 


line 


A 


iiuTieans     niav 


read  a  hriid'  rcfori'tii-"  to  tti'  matter  in  their  school 
histories  it  is  e.rtain  that  tho  Knirli^h  do  not.  so 
tiirv  cannot   undor.-tand   how  >urpr:-'d   tiie   |H'(iple 


I'.ritish  Coiuniliia  were  when  Kinperor  William 


I. 


Iianded  the  island  over  to  the  Inilt'd  States.  Here 
i-  the  story  just  as  it  came  from  the  lips  of  an  old- 
titiH  r.  It  is  right  that  hotli  liriti.-h  and  Americans 
simiild  read  it;  the  former,  that  they  may  obtain 
80I11C  idea  of  how  the  early  settlers  worked  for  the 


i 


78  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

Empiro,  tho  latt<r.  tliat  tlioy  may  tin'  iMtt.T  undor- 
Rtaiid  tlic  attituil.'  "f  tlu'ir  iici;.'lilH.r>  when  ^llc•l. 
niattiTS  a:-  llic  Al.i-ka  Imuiidary  ciim.'  up  I'nr  seltlo- 
niciit. 

"Yes,  sir,"  said  i1h'  Mld-tini.T.  "it  was  a  pipj  tliat 
lo-t  u-  Sail  dii.iii  I-'.iiid.  lr;i-iu.i\-  ihf  pi^' and  tho 
CiiTiuan  I-'.iiip'  ;  ■.  'I'iif  mw  w.udd  1:0  rootin' 
anmiid  l.yiiiaii  ('wiNt'-  jzardt-ii.  ihink.iiu'  all  tho 
liiiif  it  ua-  ilud-in-  r>ay  (nuipaiiy  ;:roun(l — as  it 
Ava.-.  mind  v'-r;  t'.)!ii(r  i>ad  a  MTt  nf  Alvcivtoni'  af- 
fi'ction  for  th<'  Ciiind  Statts.  I  >'pn-( — oiif  can't 
account  for  llic  l>l""min"  dccisii)ii  ntiirnvi-r.  Ilnw- 
ovcr.  ImiiIi  piji  and  Miiipridr  arc  d.ad  now.  Hlc-- 
nii'.  but  pi;:-  aiii'  k.i;-iT.-  do  caUM'  a  lot  of  disturb- 
ance while  tlirv'p'  alive,  ilai'l  they  imw  ?  If  1 
WJi>  in  (;ermai!\  I  ^■i>ost'  they'd  have  tne  up  fnr 
whaf>  that  t!:ey  call  it?  Ye-,  le-.'  niajest'. 
Hounds  (pii  er.  d.  r;"l   it  ? 

••Of  eonr-e  \<  \  ,i:i"t  tike  the  ri'-t  of  those  ig- 
norant iinti-her-.  -ir.  who  don't  know  where  San 
Juan  !-land  is.  it'-  one  -d'  tl;.-e  little  i-land-  in 
the  Strait-  -•f  l-'uea.  not  I'ar  from  \'i(toria.  They 
<1o  sav  that  the  irouMe  hetwi'en  I'.ntaiii  and  Amer- 
ica over  that  i-land  wa-  chietlv  I'oinented  hy  an 
ofVhiT  ffoin  tile  Snulliern  St.r.-  in  th  ■  hope  tliat 
the  two  eouiitrits  would  L'et  liL'hlintr.  That's  as 
it  mav  he.  I'm  in  a  position  to  take  my  atlidavy 
that  th.e  piu  -tarted  it.  Y- u  know,  hein::  a  man 
who  ha-  re  id  lii-''  v  h' -ide-  ih.'it  L'iven  in  the  hook- 
at  home,  that  S-;  .Mian  l-!a'id  wa-  .M-mpied  by 
tho  Hud-on's  r.i\  t'onipanv  111  ISi:;.  and  the 
\Tnite(l  Si.ate-  didti''  care  :i  i  .ntini  n'al  ahout  it  in 
those  dav-.  hein^'  oth(M-wi-e  -ireniinu-ly  enpii^ed. 
The    Hud-on'-    \'>i\    Company  ouned   most   of  th'.' 


And    Other    Stories. 


79 


irtli    lioroaltout*    for    «     ^rnoil    many   yoar<=    until 


I  III  It'  Sam  had  ,i  ft 


ni'imtMUs  to  <])A 


rt' — tlifii  lie 


k' |it    >lK)vin;,'    tlio    riiii.;i,iiiy    northwards.     As    for 
It'iwniiif,'  Strtrt,   it  tliiUit   laif  a  tlainii  ahoiit   tht> 
i  at  anv  time,  !     ai''h  it  -m  liravrlv  wrotf  tliat 


m< 


ilic  (iovcrnnifii!,    iiniiri-  aiiv 


•■(■lUI! 


.nrf.-.   must 


!ll 


;iiiitain   tilt-'   rii:ht  <>!'   the    l>i. .i~li   (  inwii    to   tin.' 


Inland  of  San  .1 


nan. 


\  tcrriiilc  lot  of  'II,  iinfain- 


iii::    It  ihil 


III'  I'liiijianv 


\ 


III"'  to  tlu^  t  i:  — 


Ilrlf.   or   til''   I 


Hi;  was 


iirv.  whtTc  'llif  .-aiiii'in 


U'-iiliiift  ri-i-  ti)  a  t1_v.      And  I'li'lf,  lif  was  iiiiu'hty 
I  lit''  whfn   thf   prniKT  tmu'  can.     foi    iiiiii   t'l  take 
at-ti'iii. 
ma.  a 


Ht 


■iitt'ij  tri'uhli'.  all  tilt'  same   I'ana- 


ntj   tlicii     iiiod   liacK   U 


V     ! 


f  anv  du-t   wad 


rai-id  liv    r>nt, 


in. 


l;   .t      to      I'r.l.     Hu.-fll.     Dl 


zzv, 


ami  all  llm-i'    diilinnii's    thi- 


w 


ntcliid   ciilimit'-."  and   Britain   t'lnk  t< 


a-    part    o\    'tiiu-e 


jMlllt. 


■l- 


tcr-wriniiLT.  !•'  \"U  imtiri'  how  tiiii>'~  li.ivi^ 
cha'i;:i'd  r  Tlit-  'damiifd  Lclnriics'  liasf  hccome 
Ni.'ar  ilauizhtiT  natjiii-'  now.  it  niako^  iih'  iirtd.  .\.^ 
iiau;_'lilfr>  wf'rt'  lmnhil'  away  tin'  sariif  nld  dut-  to 
I'lKic  Sam  thoiiLrli.  uln'ii  hr  rnmi-s  armind  as  a 
i-uitnr.     Maine,  \Va.-!iiiti:tiin.  >an  duan  and  .\!a«ka 


^'uii  fiiiild  ^lick 

li-.i 


i-  a  pretty  <:o(m1  ,i,nft  tn  an\ii"dy. 

lji;:land   in  there  and  w>inii.  r  where  it  ii.u!  <!i:-.i| 

;••  ared  to."' 

■"lint     it    ilid   pntiy   nearly     mne  to  a   li_dit,*'  I 


li.i -.irt 


le.l. 


'■Sure,  and  that  remind-  mo  that  I'm  ^"ttm;; 
away  from  that  Idaiiifd  nid  pii;.  '!"he  lud  fellow 
rami'  nronnd  the  llnrn  nn  a  liiid-ars  Bay  ^aiiin;^ 
^llip.      If  he'd  onl\  I'll  n  rniiM  rted  into  pork  on  the 

Juan    inland   vet. 


viiyaL'f  we   mi^rlit    have   h.nl    >aii 

He  wasn't   at  all   lonesnine,  tl,.it  old  porker,  when 


!**< 


ms^m^fM 


h  m  -me^^^d^smj^'tm^i  ^^-^mM^ 


80  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

ho  ^ot  lioro.  Ho  fMimil  frii'nd?!.  ili'-it'n<Lint-;  of  the 
fir.-t  .-cttltT?  in  l>l"i.  His  year  of  arrival  was 
s<>Tiii  wlicro  alinvit  I^^'i^.  and  it  wa^  only  four  ycarii 
pn'vious  that  I'm  N-  >ani  had  starts  d  to  look  at  San 
Juan  J!i?-t  liki'  ol,!  \!iah  did  at  N.i!>Mth"s  viufyard. 
In  ih<'  lifti's  thf  lliid-nii"-  I'.ay  (n'lipany  hail  what 
the  lawyer  ffllri>  .!• -<  rihc  as  a  "nu't  to  th.-  island 
hv  occ'ujiatioii.'  T'lit  I'lul''  Sam  ni\ir  did  lare  a 
wlionpin"  li<!I  f"''  -'I'll  ri.irht.  Ih'  ^'oi  to  crowinj? 
abmit  I.cwi-  ari'!  '  ,iik.  and  otlnT  ("v.-  who  had 
coino  acTo>-:  (ii'  "v  aftor  Marki  ii/i<\  l-'rascr, 
Thonip-Mii.  r     r.rili-h     fur-traili'rs.     liad 

shown  tlifii;  ■■■A  :••<'•>  it.  <In'at  nifii.  t!in-c  Aiticr- 
ioans  arc.  I"  fnllnw  up  the  Urili-h.  t  laini  their 
land  and  )zr\  it.  t  «  .  Smart  fejlrr-.  you  l.ri.  Why, 
thev'rf  L'oiiiL'  In  i:"ld  a  1<.  wi-  and  Clark  eyhihition 
on  LTound  llial  i>:  liriti-li  1)V  rLIils  aiid  Ainerican 
l)v  -all. 

"••However,  we"\i  !..-t  traik  <>f  M-.  Tii:  airain. 
With  it-  -lirep  and  its  h-r-i-  .w  '  i*-  pi-'-  the 
Hndsnn'-  r.a\  Cnip.tiany  didn''  w  ;i;i  a!;\  Anieri- 
cans  .111  S;in  duaii  l-hiiid.  I'.ui  ;'  .nid'':!"!  keep 
>m  oiT.  '\']]><"'  chap*  frnm  the  ntl.r  -id.'  of  par- 
allel I!'  ha\e  the  uliiijiiily  u|'  tin'  >rn!-.  Co  where 
von  will  theiT*-  ::!wa\-  an  Anii'n.an.  They 
squatted  on  '-^m  .li,,in  I.dind;  di^'u"!   Liiv  a  danni 

for  the  H.  U.  ('..  i:-.  ii'ir  for  the  Widnw  of  Wind- 
sor. They  didn't  ]<  w  the  H.  I'..  ( '.  iiiu '  :;in_'.  and, 
mind  v(ui.  tln'y  win  ii"t  anv  in,,  .-inxioi;-  u>  eoutrh 
lip  the"  dne<  whii'h  :i  1  ■  rvy  fniti'd  St. it,-  ( 'r.-totiis 
('(illeetui'  eaine  .e,.T  from  Tu;.'!'!  S,iuiul  and  de- 
manded in   IS.")!. 

"The  llui!-on\  !',  i\   Coiuiian;.    _:i\e  tlia;  enlleetor 
a  warm  reception,  1,  !  me  tell  you.     .\;:''n!  (iriilin 


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8i 


qui,  k'y   iiif-rnir,!   Inni    tliat    O'l'l   <;i'>ry   t:   lii"t    lly 

<  \.  r  S.in  .In, III   I-hm  I.      ^"'Ui  .-fc  lir  krifw  In-  (uls 

.  I.  tt'  r  than   tin-  nl.l   (iiiinaii    lliiiji'Tor,   wIid  alt'T- 

\sAli\-     ll'Mlt     \M!li     tln'     i-laipi.  'I'll.'     ('Mlli-.'t.T     ^'<)t 

.-.iiiiv  wlii'M  it  was  ^UL'l''■-l<•ll  til  liiiii  iliat  In-  liail 
1m-''.t  ri^lit  ali'iut  I'.im.  ijiiitk  inarcli,  -'<  (iiilliil 
(Irupjicil  a  line  tci  (icMni..!-  pnuu'las  at  N'lcbiria, 
'I'i:.-  nil!  (I.Aci-iiMi-  \va-  nil  tn  rm-t  Aiii'Tiraii  tru-k-, 
\,,ii  1,-1.  .mil  lif  wi'Ut  ov.T  to  ;:iv>'  the  TiiitPil  S'atf* 
CiMniii-  inau  -"till'  r\rrllciit  ailviri'.  which,  1  ri'- 
L'M  Id  -ay.  tlmt  ■_'<nll.iiian  <liil  not  taki-  in  ".""kI 
],aii.  "f  o'lir-''.  «!iat  the  (ioxmior  naliy  tohl 
liiin  wa>  In  ■-'•t  ihr  hill  niil  of  h>  iv.'  l)Ut  hi,-  wonl.s 
w.n-  iiiii(h  iii"ic  pnlitr.  'I'ln'  (l"Vrrnor  iU'Vi-r  used 
haii  hiiiL'uai:.'.  What!  n.-MT?  .Ii-l  you  a.-k  ?  Woll, 
h.iv.llv  rvr.  II'-  nih-  fp.iii  ruL'-'t  Sound  wrnt 
hark  with  a  th  a  iii  his 'Mr.  II'-  ha. I  the  c.inf'iuiKh'il 
;;ail.  h'lWCM  r.  m  apji'iint  a  d' puty  rolhrtor  and 
i-MH'.!  a  h.'hl  ih'ti  hv  -avini::  "I  |'!aco  thi-  man 
h.  P'  to  rcpii-iiit  th.'  riiit<'il  Slat''.-;  it  i-  to  In'  >i'<'n 
who  will  intrrf'Tc  witli  him  in  the  dixMiarL''^  of  his 
lau  ful  dutit-."  The  Uriti^h  answer  to  that  \va8 
to  lioi.-t   the   I'nion   -lack  ovr  tin'    IIu'l-'Ui':-    Bay 

(HiarttT mind  you.  th'^c  '|uart'T-   bad  hen   put 

up  in  l.'^i:;  and'thi-  was  l>''t.  1  must  -ay  that 
(■n!!r(tor  was  a  jraiiu  ohl  sp  irt.  IL'  ru>!if(l  to  his 
-■■iioomT  and  unfurled  tlu'  I'nit."!  States  revenue 
ill::.  (Md  I'.e<r,!:  relates  tiie  iini'lent  in  that  his- 
t-rv  of  his.  The  (iovernor  landeil  a  li'taf-  erew 
fpini  the  Ilud.-on's  Uay  steamer  whi'h  liad  takon 
h;ni  t')  the  island,  just  as  a  Uiiii-h  hint,  yiu  know, 
and  went  liaek  to  Viet.iria.  The  Ameriean  dep- 
mv  di'hi't  >t<iy  Icui.i:.  He  met  a  few  wih!  Indians, 
and  his  hair  stood  on  end.     He  reasoned  that  if 


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82  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

he  \v;int.>il  to  kcoji  lii-  -<:ilp  «lnwn.  ln'M  l.ott.  r  make 
hiiii-i'lf  scarce.  Sn  h.'  folluwcd  tli''  Colltrtor  back 
to  r\i;:ct  Sound.  I'v  \ho  Witv.  <li.l  you  ever  r-top 
to  coiM<ler  tliat  I'u-it  \va>  tlic  ii.iiiie  of  a  Hritiph 
naval  olUcer?    Smv. 

•'.\fter  that  tht   uIm.Ic  trihe  of  Ciutei]  .State.-  K  xis- 
toiii-  ollicials  had  it  111  for  tlie  lliid-iir-  May  Com- 
pany.    The   \Va-i;ii:-'ton    State    I.e-i-latnre   passed 
a  farce,  which  ii  (ilNd  an  act,  atl.u  hmj:  San  Juan 
Ishmd    to   Wliatmm    County,   Wa-h.     The    Sherit! 
of  the  countv  -••    -d   a   nunilter  of    lliid-on'-   Bay 
5;)„,,.„_',,n    ac(  "1111    nf    taxes.'    he    -aid— and    -(dd 
them    hy    auction.     The    Hudson'^    I'.ay    Company 
put  in  "a  hi.L'  hid   f-r  damaL'es,  hut    1    never  heard 
that  it  pot  a  i<iit.     Wlien  it  (onies  to  .-ettliiiL'  that 
kind  of  thin;.',  t!  •  n'-  tKithmi:  -tr.'nunii-  nl.oiii  your 
I'ncde.      In  ord'  r  '■'  he  on   the  ^afe  -ide.  the  (!ov- 
i-rnor  of   Wa-hiuL-i.  :i   diphuii.iticallv   di-i\vned   tlio 
pci/uro  and  issued   ni-i-nution:-  to  all  terrrorial  of- 
ficers  to  abstain    li-m   acts  'calc\ilated    to   j.rovoko 
C(mtli.'t.'     That    wa-  all   a   piece  of   tlie  IdulT,   for 
deputy  collectors   t.i-k   (juick   turn-  on   San   Juan. 
Witli   them    it    wa-  iiuiikly  come  and    >\viftly   <ro. 
The    Indians,  who  !.,id    no   use   for  'Bo-;ton    men,' 
geared  them  all  Im.  !..     Then  that   h.dlico-e  patriot, 
(Jeneral  W.  S.   llaiip  v,  took  a  haiul   in   the  pime. 
His  c.xpericmccs   in   •-!i|ipre--inir"    Imlian>.   >eemed, 
a,s  some  KnLdi.-hman  -.iid  at  th«'  time,  to  make  hiin 
forjret   the  le<-ons  <  ;    international   law  he  learned 
at   West    Point   and   !:e  cn>:aL'ed    in_  'improvin',''  a 
British  colonv  off  San  .hum  [.-land." 

"Hut  what  about   tiio  pig,"    1   ventured   to  ask 
agaiu. 


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83 


••W.n,   mi-i.  r.    I'm   pmIIv  cninm^  to  that  <log- 

..,,,,.•,1  p.'.rk.T  ii"\v."  If  n-pii.'il.  •    ,         _ 

'    "i;,  i'.r,.    w.     ivacli    thr    mt.T.-tin^   p.-no.l.    i=up- 

,„,..  ^v..  .!nnk  a  liralth  to  t1,.>  -rrat  An-lo-^aioa 

,.,u,r-.  Uiitainaii.l  tl.'  riiit.a  Siat<-.     1  -aiii. 

-rin    with    \nU.-    hr    rrplU'.!.    Mll.i    W    «il'l-        ^^ 

•••fliit  ,,'''Mr.*"  wMit  on  til.'  oM-tmi.T,  gave 
II,,n,..v  1,1-  .!.;....■.•.  Tliat  ;,niiM.il  w,.>  li'.t  sat.^ 
,1,.,1  „i  root  on  111.'  .•ur,.-  aii.l  a.n>  .-f  .n..l  which 
,1,.    Ihi.iM.i.--    Hav   C.mi.aiiv   in.li«l.utal.lv   mviio.l; 

i,  Miu-t  i.ok.'  it-  I..-   m  Mil  I luloM'.l  pat.-h  which 

I,,„;,„  A.  Cutl.T.laun.a.  'I'Ip  Atn.'ruan  iMraiue 
,:,  „„„  i,,h,„.l  ,1,..  ,Min  an.!  Mf.  I'l-  ti.ru.'d  up 
1  i-  1,,..^  Til.'  a-.nt  nf  t!i.'  .ninpaiiy  \vaiti'.l  on 
I'NMiaii  an.i  (l.'inai..l..l  (■.miiM'ii-ati..n.  'Hi.'  Amcr- 
„,,„•-  r.'piv  wa-^  t..  thr.al.n  t..  -h.n.t  aiiv  other  of 
„„.  ,,„„  „„v--  -t„.k  vvhu'h  can...  on  th.'  j^round 
,,„  ,,„„„,,;  That  |.i._'  wa-  .iiotv  i..AV.'rl.il  dead 
,1  ,„  ;,li„..  Th.'  conipany  r.p.-rt.'.i  tlu-  atlair  to 
,„„,,„„•    I)o,i;:!a-   an.l    th.'  .ln,L-  of   ^^;^•   were   al- 

.,    ]..,    l„n-..;  onlv   th..   ta.t    a>..l    forh.'araiuc  of 

|.,,u,'la-    privnl-.l."    Th.'    (cvrnior    iiuul.'    r.pre- 
„,„a.i..n  tothe  Tnit..!  Stat.-  ami   llarn-viM.sted 
,„  Vir-nria  to  tak.'  the  matt.r  up.      Hie  l^'^*"'',^''; 
•,,1   the   i.-lan.l   an.l   r.'.-.iv-.l   a   p.'tition  si-ned   by 
,  „,|.r  ami   tw.ntv   oth.rs.  .lainiinn  t..    .e   Amor- 
;,,:„  .,ti/,en>.  .h'man.l.n-  -Ani.Ti.an   pnitertion   m 
,  .r  pr.',-nt  exp..>e.l  aa.l  .l.'fcn<-.'Ie>^  p..Mti..n.       Id 
!;k,.  to  h.'t   that  Harm-v  start.'.l  the  |,..tiii..n.     At 
,n,v  rat...  it  wa.  ju-t   what  he  wa.it...!.    .!•;■  «^^ 
, ,;  it  ri-'ht  awav.     ]h    .li.l  not  communirate  with 
hi,  ..onnnan.lin,i:  otVuer.  imr  with  W  a^htn^nnn.  nor 
ui-h   the    British,   he   took    .natt.rs   into   hi.-*   own 
l.uul.  aud  really  courted  war  by  standing  a  com- 


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84 


The    DashlnR    Sally    Duel 


pany  of  Tnil''!  St.it.-  trnniw  I'mm  Fort  Rfllinyham 
t>»  (iiciipv  tin'  i.-Iati<l.  -iiiiii.l  you,  II  wiis.  nominally 
at  .'ill  I'Vfiits.  Uni,-ti  -'ill.  ('a|il;iiii  I'lckctt  was 
in  ((.inmanrl  nf  th.  Arn.rirans.  V-mi  will  n-iiiom- 
b<T  he  aft.rwanl-  I",  miik-  a  ^.'iicral  in  tlw  South- 
ern arniv  diirin-  ili-'  <'ivil  War.  I'i.k.tt  lan.l.-d 
dosi.it.'  thf  prot.-!-  ni  III.'  Iliiil-nrr-  I'.ay  Company. 
"It  ciTtairilv  1-  ;.■'!  likf  war  ii^w.  Ami  tlie 
British  (JoviTiiiiHiii  at  la.-t  \i>-<-  to  th«^  occa.'^ion. 
ForHinatclv  it  h.i.l  a  l'"o,|  man  ar  thr  n'pn'-«'nta- 
tivf  of  tilt'  CrnsMi  in  r.nli-li  Cohimliia.  It  was 
ontin-ly  dno  to  th.'  troml  jii.li:iutiit  of  Covt-rnor 
I)oii<^l(>s  that  a  i-P'-nn  dnl  not  onur.  i'ickott. 
when  a.-k<'<l  to  \Mii.'!r;.w.  had  n'plio.l  that  ho  was 
merely  acting'  titu!'  r  orii«r>  and  would  jirrmit  any 
infi'nor  fon'c  laiidiiiL'.  woiil.l  p'lht  any  C'lunl  force, 
and  wnuhl  fir(,lisl  asmwA  aiiv  siiprrii.r  force 
inn  landed.  The  I'.ntwh  at  tir-t  de-ired 
an  (M^iial  force,  so  thm  they  mi'_'ht  !-<  e  what 

riinir  to<ik  place  hetween  Cap- 

M.   S.    Tnhiinr  and   Captain 

';  -her   the   .\Mieri(an   said   ho 

|Miiit  oiciipaMnn  of  the  inland 

i!ie  coinmandintr  otlicer.'     He 


he 
to  send 
■kett 


wa.«  made  of.     A  ti: 
lain    lloriihv.  of    II. 

Pi.kett.       To    the     \',l 

'could  not  allow  aii\ 
until  so  ordered  by 
auked  him  to  wait  t  '1 
Goni'ral  llarnev.  oi' - 
would  he  hrinirin;:  on 
avoided  hv  waitm-:  th^  i-ue.'  It  was  a  clever  move 
to  place  the  hiame  nii  the  other  side.  It  had  it.^ 
efTwt  in  preventiML'  i  tii-'ht.  hut  th.>  British  sent 
the  Pluwhrr  and  the  >ilrllitr  to  join  the  Tribune. 
Captjiin  ri(  kett.  hravr  man  that  he  wa.-^.  recof,niizpd 
hiB  hoj)ele>s  position.  He  wrote  to  Harney  and 
said  the  Briti^li  'have  a  fore-  so  far  superior  to 


he  could  coniinunicale  with 
rwi-e.   he   ':\\t\    'the    Briti.sh 
"irion   which   could  be 


a   col 


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85 


niinr.  tliat  it  will  U'  nit>n'ly  a  mouthful  for  thorn/ 
iiid  iit-'afked  for  iriiiti.'.liatf  instruction^  Mo  pn*- 
v.Mit  a  collibion.'  11.'  iil-i  -aiil  tliat  h.'  lia.i  •••n- 
(ionvoml  to  inipn'S'i  them  with  the  id-a  tli.it  my 
■  uthority  amrr-  .linvtlv  tlmui-h  (/'"<  fnnii  W  ush- 
ui.fion.'  Tlii.>  attiinpt'at  d-rrit  wa.  unwortliv  so 
bravo  a  foe 

"Harntv   ord-n'd   rfinforntiK'ntp   to   w  prnt   to 
the  i-lami'an.l  mranwhih'  h."  and  IVpu-las  .•n^.M^.MJ 
in  cnrro.-iH.nd.'n.r  whuh  hh.>\v.d   that  tin'  (Ifnt-ral 
had  att.-d  on  hi-  own  iniliiti\c.  without  th.'  sanc- 
tion of   the    I'nsid.iit.     Whm  h.'   found  out  that 
th.>    IJritisli    force   far  outnuiiih-ivd   any   ho  could 
hrin>j  up  he  ni.ortcd  to  W.L-hiii-ton.     'Phi'  notion 
taken   hv   the    Prc-idcnt   nui-t    have  surprisod   the 
r.douhtalilc  warrior,      lianicy  was  superseded  and 
th«    rro-idcnt    e.\pie-<ed    to    the    Hriti-h    Minister 
at  \Va>!iiiii^ton,   Lord    Lyons,  're-rot  an.l  surjirise 
at    Harnev's    -unaiitliorized    and    unjuMifiahle    ac- 
tion.'    I   don't  ^uppo^e  any  of  the  American  his- 
tories   rnontion    that    trifling'   circumstance,     ('.en- 
oral    Wintield    Scott,   ConiniandiT-in-Chief   of    the 
Iniled  States  arniv,  personally  took  command  and 
arrivi'd  at   Tort   fowns«'nd   on    Octoher   'il.    l«.')i>. 
He   immediatelv   wrote  to   (iuvernor   Dou^rlas  and 
Piij:<iested  joint"  occupation  of  San  .hum  until  the 
govornment.<*  of  the  countries  '>hould  have  timo  to 
M'ttle  this  question  diplomatically.'     (leiieral  Scott 
reported    to  the    President    that    the   at.M'nce  of   a 
collision  had  heen  due  to  Hritisli  forhcaranco  and 
that  Har:.ev  and  Pickett  wvre  'proud  of  their  mn- 
inirst  of  thl"  island  and  (piite  jealous  of  the  inter- 
lerence.'     ilaruey  was  recalled  to  Washmyton  and 


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(Icnira!     Scott     .->ih-tilutfil     Captain     Hunt     for 

rirkrtt. 

'■'I'lii'  troiililc  hctwo  n  tlio  Xortli  and  tin"-  Soiitli 
va-  iHiw  in  full  ^uim:.  (ir(>at  liritain  r<'frain('(l 
to  jiir-~  the  San  .U\.\\\  flilliciilty  nil  llic  I'niti'd 
Stati>  in  it?  lionr  I'f  iliUlciiItv,  ^o  tin'  Jnint  rnili- 
tarv  nrcuji.itiiin  of  the  i-laihl  cf.ntiinird  till  ISTl. 
In  tliat  viar  |-',!ii[m  i'<r  William  of  <iir!iian_v  ii;rr('<Ml 
io  lie  arliitrator  of  t'li'  iji-putc.  A  y.-ar  later  lie 
fravc  hi-;  (|c(i>iiin,  wiii'li  was  wholly  in  favor  of 
thf  I'nitcd  StaKs. 

''How  ho  arrived  at  hi.-;  conclnsinn-  heats  mo,'* 
wound  up  the  oM-tJiin  r.  "and  that'-  why  1  >ay 
that  tile  hlanied  |.:_'  and  the  Knipi  mr  were  re- 
sp(in~il)k'  for  the  le--  to  Britain  of  Sau  Juan  Is- 
land." 


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87 


THE  Loxe;  Aim  of  uncle  sam. 

"Eet  us  ?tart  a  revolution.  Funds  are  getting 
low  and  a  man  niu>t  have  trionov  to  live,  oven  in 
Tanama/'  paiil  Paul  llillard  to  i'atriik  Finton — 
soldi'TS  of  I'orunii;  Witc  lioih. 

"We  livo  on  our  wits,"  nplii'd  Finton,  "which 
mean.-  more  than  tiie  p(is>e.-.Miiu  of  iilthv  lucre.  A 
man  must  have  colo.-sal  cheek,  a  great  faee,  a  inili- 
t;>.rv  chest,  sound  liin;.'s  and  no  heart  to  make  a 
livelihood  out  of  his  wits." 

"And  he  mtist  he  an  adrpt  at  pullin.ir  a  lejr.  to 
use  one  of  your  anatomical  similes,"  put  in  his 
friend. 

"Well,  there  are  a  pair  of  tlieni  waitin;;  to  he 
pulled  ;  l)ut  talking  of  legs— pardon  the  expression 
\n  this  conni-etion, — here  come  as  pretty  a  pair  of 
ankles  as  I  have  ^wn  for  many  a  long  day.  IIow 
one  does  miss  New  York  on  a  rainy  day. ' 

"Ah,  the  Sefiorita  Mercedes,"  said  Hillard  as  the 
pn  ttiest  girl  in  all  Panama  howed  to  him.  "May 
J  have  the  honor  of  presenting  my  friend,  Senor 
Patrick  Finton,  at  one  time  a  gallant  Colonel  in 
the  Fnited  States  army?" 

"And  now  vour?  to  command,  sefiorita,''  mur- 
mured the  gallant  Irish-American.  The  rascal  al- 
wavs  had  a  "divil  of  a  way  with  the  women."^ 

"And  how  is  my  good  friend  the  Senor  Emile 
Cartan?"  asked  llillard. 

"My  father  is  very  well,  indeed,  sir,  and  I  be- 


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liovp.  wDulfl  liko  to  >!•<•  voii.  I  In  :iri]  liim  *'Tpro«s 
a  (|r,-ir<'  tliiit  yon  ,-!,mu1i|  cill.  Suni''  mail  wl'.icli 
li<^  rrr('i\r(|  I'mni  S  :ii;ii  lluiniiiu'ii  l!ii-  ii">riiirijj 
cau-i'd  liim  consiilriMlili'  npprclicii-inn,"  tlw  ;jirl 
pai'l.  "Oil.  hdw  I  i'm  .!'t.'.-t  the  \vivi,l).,l  jiolitics 
of  tiM-  cciiiitrv."'  -':,    ,i.!i!i'il. 

"My  rr[niLriiaiii  (•  .quaN  your-.  ^I'Mnrita."  ro- 
liiarki-'l  Ilillanl.  "i  -!iall  do  niv-clf  the  |i!''a>urp 
of  calljiit:  on  your  f.itluT  and.  in  rnv  -mall  wav, 
t-iiall  nPL'e  liiin  \<<  iiav.'  nntfiiiii:  to  ilo  \vi;li  p-ilitic^." 

"Von  will  tarn  my  u'ratilni]i',  ,-ir,""  she  said, 
t^wcotly. 

"Sly  (](^^."'  lan'.'li'd  I'intnn,  as  tlip  irirl  passed  nn 
iier  way.  "T'nt  wliai  can  he  the  news  from  Cion- 
era)   Haraneillo;'" 

*'I  ninst  lind  out.  V<ni  slial!  come  with  mo  to 
Fee  this  amliitiou-  (  arian.  "I'is  he  and  tlie  (len- 
rral  who  are  to  ti!'  'Hir  depjcfcd  (•(i'T.T';.  They 
Tiave  (lr-i'_Mi'i  on  the  t.overnment.  'i'hev  wonid 
make  of  Panama  a  -'pirate  iirpnhlic.  with  IViran- 
eillo  at  it-  head  and  <  artan  a-  hi-  ehi.f  adviser. 
M'hore  wnuld  he  a  p'.r  nf  money  in  it  for  irentle- 
in<m  with  the  jiart-  \i!i  <o  noallv  dc-rrihcd  a  few 
minutes  airn.  I'.ut  I  f'  ir  that  Lrirl.  Hit  fatlior 
makes  too  nuieli  of  a  ii'iilidante  of  hiT.  She  is 
quite  eapaiti'"'  of  friviii.'  everythini:  awav,  from  a 
mistaken  motive  nf  (!..!•_'  Ikt  'drar  father"  a  i^ood 
turn.  Why,  she  miL'li'  .  vcn  inform  the  United 
States  of  a  neat  little  pint  I  was  ahout  to  tfll  vou 
of  when  she  hove  in  -iirht.  Winn  I  remarked 
that  we  mii/ht  start  a  rivnlntion.  1  was  i  .  deadly 
earnest.  Now  don't  w'li-tle  liko  that.  I  don't  like 
if.  Beside-;,  such  a  sound  t^xpr'S-es  too  much  sur- 
prise and  the  streets  have  ears  in  Panama." 


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89 


'.\!1  riL'lif.  niv  Imiv.  'hriiiu'  "H  .V""r  r.VMlutinii,  Tin 


W  i^il     \iill.         It    .-'  fMi 


I.i  riic  lli'Tr  >  iiiiirr  iiiur_"'r  in 


;i  '''.i 


lijMt  lliaii   m  A  >  ■'  niral 


|||\      [irt'i'inUr-    -!\ 


111  l.~  1: 


Aim  rica'i  ri'Mualitui, 
ill  iianu«'r,"  vva^^  tin;  re- 


\hr   I 


,-f,-Mr. 


•(  )|'  cdurM'   til 


nr'iii. 


\-   failaii   nivtrii 


!s  ll 


lilt     Ml 


til  ait  ~'  1)1  I'l   'iiir  li 


ll  111'  111;,   \nih..j>|>y 


111. A  all  li'. 

yi't     iillll    liV 


IlKII. 

ih.'  (MI-. 


I-  1,  '-  ra: 


,il    iHl-!!|i  —    V 


:-  a  -trniii. 


ic-ins 

iiiry" ; 

1  ll  lla^» 

nf  the 


II 


ti-i|  Sia'is,  tn  w  Mil  ii  \vi'  lia\i 


|ini'aiiiy   111- 
(luiv  to  ai( 


iiii:.  aiiil,  tii<ril'iri'.   1 


tiif   hmi'ir   Id   trlll- 
l    is  i)!ir  IrMiiiiitil 


1   hit 


n.      pur-iii'l    lliilan 


1.     "N. 


W    ri>Tlie 


with  iiif 


ami  I  .-liail  niaiv-'  \nu  a  <li-«'| 


>-i;\    n  y 


rii,.  ciiiifiTi'iirc   tliat   al'tirnnnii   at   th-   !  ■  r- •   ^f 


l-lniMi-  (  ai'taii  \va-  Iran-! 


\N  nil  uravi'  cnii- 


lirc 


ii.il    aloti-'    to    I  a 


iiaiiia.    luit    tn    tilt 


Illtr,!     >!a'('-. 


'linn-!i  two  (if  th.-:ii   kiH'w   it    imt   tlir  .nn -inratuis 


were   an: -J' 


tli<'  caiiM 


i|    I  iK  h' 


Nam. 


Ill-    hin<I 


aim    ^trriL-iicd    n\i 
I'aiiatna. 


I    Irian    Wa-hiiiL't'-n     I'v.ai     unto 


As 


iillanl  iiad  >aiil 


•  lumhttT. 


iij!,-  Cartan  Irannl  "ii  his 
M'  m  lur  luin  was  <:la(!  al  iiiiirs  to 
liaii  nil  Mr.  M.mt-niii.Ty  (hvni.  llic  hainl-naii.  s.r- 
PMarv  of  th.'  rnil.'d  Statr-  h'^ratimi  at  I'anaiiia. 
Tu    liis    (laUL'iitiT,    Mr.    Cartan    i-onf.' 


tin'      CUU' 


f 


1 


mint-  of  tliat  al'liTiioon's  talk. 
.1 


)v  (Mimtrv   H 


"My  chihl."'  ho  sail!,  "oiir  iintiappv 
in  <iir'>  Mrait^.  It  i-  hi  in.L'  >aiTitii'0(l  liy  tl;.' 
Sonato,  which  rofuso.-  In  pa-  the  canal  tn-atv  with 
the  I'nito.l  State-.  Our  -ilvation  !h-  in  tiio  canal 
iim!  it  is  tiino  that  men  of  lioinT  in  I'anania  took 
t' ■■  L'ovonunont  into  tlcir  own  haml-.  .Mrcadv 
Ocmrai  Baranciilo  and  iny-cif  iiavc  u|)>  iicd  ut'-i>- 


90 


The    Dashing    Sally     Dud 


tiiilinn-  witli  tho  two  AmcririiiH  ynn  -aw  hovo  V\]i 
jiftiTnorin  ami  \v<'  -Im"  strike  to  be  ilrlivcrrd  I'mm 
tlic  ( 'nlniiiliian  tlirall." 

'■r.Ut.    fatlKT.    (In    VMM    know    0nOll;_'h    of    tlli'S''    two 

T11CI1  to  trurt  your  ^■•u^v  to  tlwni?  I  coiilV-s  that 
I  liko  ticitlicr  of  !■  r[)i.  Tlicy  do  not  a|ti)oar  to 
nif  to  lie  truo  All!' rirans  like — like  S(  nor  Owen, 
for  instance." 

"Ah,  inv  chihl.  I  foar  yon  arc  prcjudicod  in 
favor  of  tlio  Srh.ir  Owen.  He  lia~  ^toll■n  yonr 
heart,  and  it  will  '•■  a  -orry  day  for  ine  wlim  he 
takes  my  prftiv  Mi -i  •(!(■>  to  hi>  eounlry.  Don't 
bhi:-h.  liiv  dear.  11''  has  ohtainod  my  con-ent. 
mucl>  a-  i  ^hall  h>'  -rrv  to  part  witli  ym.  I  liave 
hope  tliat  when  a!!  •  nr  trouhhs  are  end( d  lie  will 
remain  herr  a~  the  '■  nre-^entativo  of  hi-  trreat  and 
glorions  connlrv.  I'.ul.  with  reL'ard  to  our  plan:^ 
for  freedom.  Mv  'w"  friends  are  ,i:oini:  to  San 
Francisco.  Thev  lia\''  proved  to  me  tiiat  they  can 
got  much  support  i!  'H'  in  the  way  of  money,  a 
steamer  and  armr-.  uhich  will  cnalde  us  to  striki' 
the  <:reat  blow  for  fr^  ■  dnm."' 

This  news  made  M.-irides  very  nnhapfn-.  ''WTiat 
can  1  do  to  save  my  father,"  was  her  tliouirht,  and 
naturally  her  Ami-i.aii  lover  came  into  luT  cal- 
culations. She  ri'soiv'd  to  tell  him  all  that  she 
knew. 

In  a  few  hours  the  m  \vs  was  on  its  way  to  Wash- 
ington. 

Some  days  latrr.  IliMard  ajid  Finton.  with  well- 
lini'd  pockets,  landed  :n  San  Franci-'O.  Tliey,  t(V>. 
had  been  in  communii  iiion  with  WashinLrton.  hut 
it  was  not  tn  the  White  House  that  th(Mr  letters 
went.     Tiiey   had  revealed  the  plot  to  tlie  reprc- 


And    Other    Stories. 


91 


epntiitivc  of  a  oortain  I'.wropcaii  power  wliidi  liail 
ii,rii  uiiu.-iially  active  aiunii,'  tin-  rolomljiaii  law- 
iiiakriv.  'I'liat  |in\viT  t'iiou-l;t  it  to  1m-  ill  its  iiitcr- 
.-i-  that  till'  canal  tr.Mtv  -iiniild  imt  ;.'n  throuuli. 

Wluii  the  cuiiplc  t'ri>iii  raiiaina  >lej,i)eil  nil'  the 
LMn.i;i)!ank  ni  the  mail  >teanier.  ihey  laile.l  m  no- 
tice a  ilerieal-lonkiii.Lr  niitii  who,  however,  (lu.ckly 
.-ize.l  them  ii|)  a.-  the  jiair  lie  wa-  waitiii-  for.  Janus 
(ianlner.  of  the  riuicl  Slate-  SeiTet  Sn-viee,  al- 
wa\.-  tleiiloi-ei!  that  he  h.el  I'-eii  e,i>t  in  Sherlock 
Jldlinc-  line«.  ills  amhitioii-  had  been  towards 
the  inini-trv.  hut  he  caild  n^t  |ia:-s  Iw-  examinu- 
j;,„i^ — which  wa,-  a  l'oo,1  tliin_'  I'or  I'nrle  Sam,  for 
le  had  no  more  capalde  dei.eiise  in  hi^  employ. 
Troliahlv  the  rea-011  for  <  iai-'liier's  tailure  in  the 
cue  line' and  hi^  succi--  in  tiie  other,  was  that  he 
hated  the  study  of  l)o<tks  and  rejoiced  in  the  study 
,if  man — and  woman,  lie  iiii-~e^.-ed  to  an  iiniisiial 
de;:ree  what  may  lie  called  '•the  nose  fur  crime."' 

When  the  two  men  from  Panama  called  a  hack 
Cardn-T  did  the  ^ame  thiii.L',  and  as  lliUard  and 
j'inion  had  no  idea  tliat  Incle  Sam  was  on  their 
trail,  or  knew  anything,'  ahnut  their  movements,  to 
luUe  thim  was  oa-y.  Alter  havin.L'  .-een  to  their 
rooms  and  their  hal'-zaixe  at  their  hotel,  the  two 
conspirators  were  driven  to  a  restaurant  \vhich 
l;ad  hein  a  favorite  dinin;:  place  of  Hillard's  iu 
days  pme  hv.  The  inana-er  etTii.Mvely  welcomed 
hiiii  hack  t(i  San  Fran.iMo.  and.  at  his  request, 
conducted  him  and  his  friend  to  a  snu;:  room  oa 
the  first  lloor. 

'■Had  walls  foniriies  a-  well  as  ears,  niv  dear 
Finton.  this  room  could  inunv  a  tale  unfold,"'  »aid 
lliUard. 


:■  idf:i' 


i;j^'v^>*^^yf--:   •^M"*f^-7W¥l'^ 


92 


The    Dashlni;    Sally     Duel 


'riif  ni;in;iL'<T  ri'iin.]  mihI  sent  ii  \vni*<>r.  \\nifn 
the  t'lniicr  r(iiii[ifiir'  d  d'Avrir^tair-,  (i,ir-liuT  -li'ppod 
up  tn  him. 

'•|,'t  1110  s(>f.  I  -!<'ul(l  know  vdu  vi^rv  well," 
rcMMiKi'il  till'  (Ifi'inv.  •'Srimt'linw  nr  dthcr  _you 
are  iiiniKM-tcd  with  mv  poor  friend  l>"ii  ■h)-v  yiia- 
(Irn.  who  \va.-  la-t  -''i-ii  ;divc  horf." 

At  thi~  iiiriiti"!!  "f  ;i  rciiiiirkahl(>  di~ai)p''arance 
vrhiih  liad  atV'ud'd  rvfti  Sail  KtaiKi-t  d  a  nine- 
day-"  wonder,  tlu'  niana,Lr<T"s  faco  went  a  gha.-tly 
yellow. 

"Wlio  nro  yoii?  What  do  you  want?"'  he  ci- 
flairncd. 

"I'rav  do  not  ,ir't  <  xciicd.  my  friend."  ?aifl  Gard- 
ner. ''Wlio  I  am  Tii"d  not  troiilde  you  jii*t  now. 
I  know  a  jrond  (kal  .ilHUit  yoiir  f-on(irii<  wliich  you 
wouM  dir-likc  to  ha\>'  made  pnidir.  Hat  I  shall 
not  ])nrsu('  so  nnintrn>tin?  a  subject  if  you  yield 
to  a  tritliuL'  recpiest  nf  miin'." 

*'\Vliat  is  it?""  a-k.!   tlie  manager,  anxiously. 

''Well,  niv  friend,  fir  ciTtain  eau5^'■^  whieli  I 
need  not  exjihiin  to  \n!i.  I  am  interested  in  the  two 
vi^sitors  von  j\ist  e-.i.it.d  upstairs.  1  desire  to  be 
plaeed  so  itiat  I  may  h'  ar  their  convprsatinn."  said 
the  deteelive.  "In  a  phu'e  so  enriv(>ni<=ntly  ar- 
ranped  as  vours  niu-l  In .  1  am  certain  there  shnuld 
be  no  dilliiulty  alioiit  that.  And  let  me  impress 
this  fact  ufion  you,  tl.ev  must  not  know  that  any- 
one is  keeping  traek  if  them.  If  they  learn  of 
it,  it  will  lie  only  thrnui^'h  you.  and  1  need  hardly 
sav  that  the  ((Uisequeiu rs  mi,i:ht  be  rather  unpleas- 
ant for  yo\i.'" 

"As  you  sav.  nothiiiL:  is  easier,"  lamely  replied 
the  distracted  manager,  who  was  dirided  between 


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95 


f..ir  of  riiirdMcr  anil  a  dc-in'  to  iiavc  liini  thrown 
Diil.  Ilf  rrsulvnl  that  iliHTftmii  was  tli«'  better 
iMit  ni  valor  atiil   Icii   tlu'  ilf'cttivc  v.ji-tairs  to  a 


hull'  |ia^-au'i'  wliich  ran  In 


tw.'i-ii  till'  piivalf  rodin.- 


Ij.  ir  vva?  an  va.-v-chair  ami  a  -mall  tiioli'  a 


ml  tl 


,i.!nti\o    was    aide    to    iii.iki'    liim-cll'    cDtiifoitalih' 
wliili'  I'.carinLT  Ihf  ston  '■!'  thi'   Taiiaina  coii-jMracy. 
••|t   is  here  that  we  are  to  inn  l  the  ai'i'iit  ol'  tin- 
Ktiinpran.  or  rathiT  l^t  m<-  sav.  mir  luiropi-an  (!ov- 
iTiMin'iit."  (ianlncr  tii-t  hranl  llillanl  uniark.  "In 
>!iiMk!ni:  of  '()\ir    Kuriiii.'iii   ( loviTniiifUi."    1    do  ^o 
unh  all  iiiodt^ty.  knowini:  that  it  i-  th''  -mirce  of 
i!ii;rfi  ;:oId.     Ah,   I'atrirk.  my  h^iy.  a  Iifli'   I'hiro- 
)'•  an  L'oid  ^ocs  a  h'ti;,'  way   in  one  of  the  liiry  rc- 
jMihlics.  doi's  it  not?     Your  poclrt  rcplii'-  for  yon. 
I   \.r.\T  the  chink  now.     (hir  milili  cow  will  arrive 
fr' ni    WashinL'toti    to-morrow.      IV'tU'  'n    '  i-    (iov- 
■  •rnmcnt   ami    tla-c   amliitim!-   (Vntr.d    Ami-ricaii-, 
wc  -honld  lit'  ahl.'  In   lay   liv   a   i:'i(^d!v    jiilc    with 
w!iich  tn  cnjov  a  winter  in  I'lri-  and  M   rrc  Carlo. 
Iliiw    I    lon'_:    for   the    Bui<    de    linniouMie    and    the 
(',i>ino.      1    have  not    -en   tip m   for   live  yars.      I 
am  LTi'ttinp  rn~ty.     What  e':;m_'e~  I  .-hall  ser.     .\nil 
V'.ii?      I)o  viin  not  ]dne  to  -ce  ihn-e  ehar'nmi:  Iri-li 
Lr'rl-  a.ijain.  to  haunt   tlie  n;:h;  eliilw  ariamd    I'ic- 
eaililly  Circii-:.  to  lake  a  r;;ii  down  to   X.AvmarlcPi 
er  to   Iliirst   Tark  and  -"e  an   .\mi'r;i-an   l.ov-  ■  win 
t::e    l)ei-!,y?      i'atriek.    w!;:!l    dn    the\    know    .if    life 
i!i    thi>    aeeur-eil    idiuitrv?      r>aii.  1  h,;'.''  Ani' riea, 
uheilier  it  he   Norih.  S.r  th  .,r  Cnlr.;'.      And   yet 
i;    i-   frnni    it   :l,at   t''e  doiiar-  civne.      M:d-:"  your 
(■  :n    in    .\meriea    and    sn-aid    it    in    Ihir^r.ie    is   tlie 
iWi  n-ient     mntto.       Well,    a-    -onn    as   our    dandy 
fjmes  fnun  \Vashi!!gt"n.  lie  will  prndiice  the  dough 


■  J  I 


^- -3?    A'TT^-3'^r  V*^**V. 


W^^^uT^W^l^! 


94 


The    Diishin;;    Sally     Dud 


iir<' 


for  lis  to   i.uHia-'  a   Mr.u.ior   mil!   arm-:   n,,. 
a,,vw  of  r..t-llin-at^.     Our  ,.a-M,..r-  u  i      all  b^ 
p.ntl.'Mion   .l.-irin-  '"   ■-'-t   ri.h   q-i^k    n.    1  atu.na. 

t1,.,M  uulv  a^  tnur-'-.      our   n-w    la„nna   .Ml.ni. 
i.   .11    coniplrt...     <;.n.--al    Bar:,..;.,    i^    nu^y    tj- 

OM'vr  to  1.-  Pn-i.:.  M.   r-r  uur  ,- 1   fnni,!    iMnil-. 

Ihnv  i<  the  iM.artin.'iit  nf  il,r  Navv.  ^"ll;  l'"'- 
inn.  aro  t.>  1-  M:!'-t"r  -l  War.  vl:;!.'  t:,r  I  iva- 
vrv  .Irpartinrn'  v  'l  1-  ,L'on,l  cnon.a  Tt  ni".  _  :• 
llr;t  a..t  nf  11;.  r.u  Min!-:rv.  if  1  hi.v.-  a:,v  inllv- 
(.n.v  in  it.  \Nill  !"■  t.i  I'Ut  ihrouL'h  a  .ani.l  Will  in- 
viiin-  our  .li-t^nv'ii-''.'^  Kum,.  ,n   fr;.:  .:^  to  takr 

puMtion  of  M..„-.;;r  KiniV.  P.ut  1  l.avr  incan- 
In'-ct  nan.nnlln  ,  „  nur  <u\r  aii-l  ll-  iM:,jority  nl- 
vavs  n.l.-^.  ^Var  i-.'.  at  l.a-t  ni  (■■:.<,■;.  A.nor- 
irV  Tlirn  ^^■'■  -Iiai!  ■  I'iaiii  more  of  tl;.'  tilt'iy  luoro 
ili'at  mak.-  tl'o  m..'.!  l'o  roun.l.  an,1  1.  for  o,,.. 
chall  ^liako  tlio  .':-•  "f  I'aiuiiM.a  troin  what  t ho 
n.'Wsi.ap.M-  wouM  .,'1  my  inmi:u-nlatr  i.;.font  oath- 
or^  l-houM  hr  ;ilr,ihl  of  our  drar  .  im  n;v,  I  ncl.> 
Sam.  l.nt  ho  i<  >o  l,;i-.Iv  ..ii-aL'-!  in  il  "  I'T  Ka-t 
nn.l  in  ("uha.  tliat  '■  -•<Mn>  tM_],avo  no  cyc:^  for 
v-hat  i?  L'"inir  "U  in,.',  r  his  im-o.  _ 

"Tlip  V..n-I.ir:ilor  ;.-.t"'''"-  '"'^  '  '"''''  ''"^ 
rocf-'-  tlioiiL'lit  (i:;:-'M.T  to  hini-'f  m  llu'  Vf- 
fa-o.  "Thi^'  inl.i!:!'::  ph't-.T  uill  t^n^l  that  the 
Ion-  nrm  of  r,u-lo  >■,;  oxt.  n^i-^  r  .t  n),]y  arro-  tho 
Pacifio  Oroan.  hut  .'.  ah  to  I'm  :  a  ;-  wnl.  An.! 
ho  u.'nt  oif  to  r.'i--  to  \V;-h!r,-.'n.  In  a  U^y 
riinntr^  thr  S'atc  P.  inrtn'ont.  hv  moans  of  ;i 
cinhrr  to'.LO-a-ii.  h;.  '  'II  U.r  (M  li'^  of  tho  fon- 
vcr=ation  boforo  it.      1;  was  a-  if  a  pliono-rai-h  havJ 


And    Other    Stories. 


95 


I^'on  sriit  frniii  till'  j)rivat('  fi'ini  <>(  the  n'-t.iur.iiit 


jll 


I'   iJiiii-i'   ( 


1    Ni'i  iTt.irv    ^".a•. 


At        thr       Willi 


]l'.ii-i',  u  jildt  witliiu  a  |Miii  U.I.-  \v>)\rn  that  ali'-r- 


ii""ii. 


W'h'Ti   nf\t    lla;-i!ii'T   fniii; 


liirii 


Sflf    ill    ll: 


>•    cnll- 


:it    pa-.-a;^!',    thru-   -.n!,''iii'M    \v<Tf    uii'^t    I11.4 


.i.'i-iiri'   III    till'   ]in\atr    I'i.imi. 


'1 


iirniiL'li   .1   crac 


>iir' t  >>i\ii<'  mail  ua-  ta-iiv  al),i'  I'l  rccd^'uizo 


!i;c   man   wl.'i   pruN  p!.-.;    1I 

tl,l'     ^illcV,-     (if      ri'Vnhlliutl. 


KMiil    a 


in!    1- 


ll      1-     Ulill. 


ll'"!!     \V1 


th 


iiv,    lor 


!!lr   Iiurii'i-i'.-.   (1 


r  till-  n wrali  .'•.  to  Irlj   u  lin  w  a,*  t!iO 
i!iaii,  !>]•  what   ihf  iiali"ii  ln'  l"'!";)-.  .1  to.      Ij,    was 


iiuiT  lifluinl  tlic 
("ii-I  iratnr.-  liaii 


•III-  tlial  iiiai!-'  till'  iiiario- 


•.M\    (. 


iMTniiiiiil    u  ill   im! 


>\\      \n     V 


:;r  \aaiaii. 

Ill    -IV. 


r\  hi-. 


itii-iiii  II.     ( iar'ir.i  r 


•A^  ai 


1  '  arnr-l  <> 


i-  iiri'iii  "ll-. 


_'iii/.e 

HMfll 


iiavo 


1    S."a  •.!  11 II I     \\  , 


:r    IliitiS    III    till      \a,l|r    I'l 

...'■inl  ill  LTiUiir.  aiiii-  ain!  iimiij:  a 


11    \iiU    \vi 


aiiHT 


ll 

Wlirll 


'.1  >atisl\   nil'  t!iat  \"ii  ai 

I'llircd     rlnl,     Ill'lr     Will     1 


ir.i.Ti'.llIlLT  Wril    til   tlio 


ri!ii"!iiiii 


.1    _V(.u   Iiir  , 

|ia--i'IlL''rI> 


.I'l,--'  -     111      ,-'    !IU'     I 

•he  M-i  I." 


il    11 


will) 


1  will 

will 


W'luli'    llii-    iiiii''ii!_'    wa-    in    itiilti --. 


a_v    a 

I'   at    till' 


nil   l!ii'    I'lc-i'ii  nt    w 


III    .;n\i" 


W 


11' 


U-i' 


■I'l 


i  hi''.     I'l  I 


Ti'tary 
;-"iil''r- 
a   ti-ii'- 


!i  I'l'iiii  San    Fraiiii-iu  l':'.  :n_'  th'in  ,"ii  ai'i-iuuit 


till'    LMllliTiIlU'    I'l'    till'    i' 


Ml 


II  I 'Ml' 


;r. It'll-.  I ,  I-  n..iiii'  <> 

I 


f 


n  au  III — ulioni  dariliirr  ti.i'I  ni'  l  wlulo 


W  .:-':in_i"ii — in   fart  thi'\   km  w  a^  ruu'li  atmut 


;ir, 


III'  a-  (Inl 


ihliaril  an 


iiitiiii. 


••w 


\\i'  nil'-;  aV'iii 


.1   fi 


I  liuriiiii:  till'  fcrliii; 

1-: 


if 


til'    1  ii'-i'li'iit.  naiiiiiii:   tlir    iMiri'jo'aii   jidwct, 


'1  that  ini'ans  hiTuic  uic.i^uri..-  in 


r.iUi 


una. 


KVht^rj/r'?-~*"^^yj'->':^ 


,,r,  The    l).ishln-    Sally    Hud 

''''rV'T;;;;""  ..:-.fui-wiuM,,,.  must 


- 'V  Mir'"  I '•--''"■'>■■■''" "'"'"' 

-'■"';'••■      ,iM..  ilr.t   vvv  ^^^'ll   rrn.l  ;...!  Irar  a  vast 
•    '!"'-"  ..„Mv   of   ^h'■   \uvnr.m     (i-v.Tn- 

I'"  '■'"';''  ;'"V'     '   ■   Mm    l-vv,'N-r.  tli.t  111.'  '-nn- 
try^villb.-^'.i';-,;;,    \,;, ,,,,,,,,,, ,..-annnt  turn 

or.Vv-  to  ^t,n.   :n   ';;"::,:;;.    ,  f,  ,h..  Whit. 

""""■  '■■"■""■,.„  ,,,      Tl'M-.in  11.-  S.v,vtarv  of 

ti^,;:::,;-:ri:;;.a:.,''.ofuu.s:uM^.:u..^^^^ 


Mraiuvlulr.  at  >:n 
.,rcii-*"ii-i'ir:itor, 
carry   mit    li'i-   ( 
i 


„.,.     ,.n..rL'Muariv     ^^^rkinJr    to 
;^,t,.;,t    ^v,th   th.>   Knrn,.ran   a-^nt 
i,„.ra.t..tl.ofa.t;.utl,^.nt..^^^^^^ 

:;:;;  ro,^;;:;  a  iKu.1  of  ad^Huur^^^ 


And    Other    Stories. 


97 


nlnnnl  at  a  nioniciit'-  n"t 


ii'f 


'I- 


If   rxpci 


!iti<in 


W..-.    lIKi<'»'«l 

;i  t.lf;:raiii 
,1-  fdlldw.- : 


all  rcaily  to  >ail  win'ii  llillanl  m-ivi'il 
fruin  tin"  ap'iit  of  tti''  KiimjH'au  {.owcr 


•I). 


av 


^tart.     Wait  for  ]r\U'r. 


iniiocftit  a  (If^patih  ;:iv''  no  iiikiitu'  a 


it   tl 


IP 


trlc;:rai>li  ollir* 


as  to  the  L'r,i\''  (■ 


iici  rn  to  uhi.h  it 


r.'f. nvd  aii'l   tti<'   iiK-.-.u-rr  \>-<\    who  .Mimt.'.I    it 


iiMi-t  iiavc  worn 

HI. 


Icn-d  at  tlio  IML'''  it  put  llir  r«vi|ii. 


lit 


he    'Miv    w 


l;o    L'"t    that    in'--ai:i'   aliiio-t    wnit 


<Ta/\ , 
n-taii 


thr  Im.v  ihiTkilv  >aul  to  ihr  ina!i:iu"T  < 


f  tht» 


rant.     •■|!<'cki'ti  lii-  iim!'!'  r-m 


i-law  iiiu-t  liavo 


p'(  o\i-ri'i 


i  froin  a  -cvcfi 


«irk 


111 


>,11U 


To    Kinton   the   nif.-.-aL'f   wa 
I: 
Thi-:   can   onlv    nii'aii    oiif 


-   ri'.i.l   an.l    lliUarJ 
tliinLT.    \V.i-hin.:ton 


has  ^'ot  onto  tin-  j< 


lariiiit'il    mouth 


iii_'   Ins    ( 

it    i-    not    riaraiuil 


Who  the  il"vil  has  ln'cii  opcn- 
1    am    pcrfrctly   o-rlain 


It    inii-t    havi'    hiin   I'ithor 


.miir 


("artan  tu-  thai 


f. 


;in  at'acii'' 


"What   ahmit   Cartaii 
lias  had  a  haml  in  th<'  i:ami 


s  (iau-:\tiTr  Trrhaps  >ho 
aid  Finloii.  and  ho 
iii'ViT  kni'W  how  do:-.'  to  th-'  trntli  lie  had  romf. 
fnr  had  it  not  h<-'n  for  Ii'T  lirst  wariiin-  to  hor 
l.ivcr.  the  plot  mii:!it  have  hc-n  siK't"--ful.  '-Wfll. 
I  s'posc  tlicr.'"."^  nn!v  onr  thini:  to  do."  coiuIuiI.hI 
the  Irishman,  "and"  that  is  to  cut  and  run.  W'n 
ouL'ht  to  ht>  able  to  make  a  ^'ood  pUf  out  of  tho 
bally  warship.  The  European  Government  won  t 
want  that  now."  . 

'•  \nd  do  vou  tliink  I'm  izoim:  to  pive  up  thi.4 
expedition  just  benuu  that  little  fool  at  Wash- 
ington  sav^"  so?"   asked   llillard.      "Not  on  your 


98  The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

life.  Thoro*s  more  io  ]>o  mn(\o  nut  of  ninninf; 
down  to  ranama  with  tlie  'bally  war-^hip.'  as  von 
call  it.  than  pcllint:  it  lioro.  Why.  it  wmiM  only 
fptfh  half  what  we  lmv  fur  it.  If  yon  .Inn  t  want  to  , 
CO  on  with  tho  thin-  -ay  >o  and  Til  run  it  my- 
self.    r<ir  $1^.0  10  I'll  iiuy  y"u  out." 


"Don 


crii'i 


^ finii'n,  as  hi'  tliouL'ht  of  a  little 

girl* at" one  of  the  \ari-ty  thoatn-.  wi'h   w-hom  a 
trip  to   Kuroyu'  w..r,!.|  ho  a  writah!"'  d.'liL'ht. 

For  thr  volaiilr  bi-luuan  tli.'  -iiin  otT-Tr,]  nioant 
?ix  months  of  pl.;.-un.  and  ho  w;h  pivpaml  to 
abandon  anvthinL'  t-r  that.  Ho  livod  onlv  for  the 
moment.  It  wa-  .iiiirnnt  with  lliUard.  His  am- 
bition was  to  inal"  Hioii<:h  out  of  thi-^  rovnjution 
to  fnahlo  hiip  tu  n  !iiv  p-Tinan-utlv  to  Kurope. 
Failure  meant  the  Mnttiii.i:  out  of  hi-  ambitions. 
His  dreams  of  <:•']<]  were  not  to  be  .-inttered  by  a 
Western  Union  tel'^::ii!i.  ^ 

"Well,  jrnod-bve.  I'.ii."  ho  said,  "yon  ve  boon 
a  cTcod  enmrade'aiid  hm  sorry  you  ean't  stay  by 
the  expedition  to  t!'-  !;.-t.  Thi<  i-  n.y  final  throw, 
and  1  mean  to  inak.'  it  a  .trood  one.  F.v  -ettim? 
the  steamer  and  ann-  to  Panama  1  -hall  i>e  able 
to  make  enou-h  to  Va-  in  comfort  for  the  re-t  of 
my  life.      .•\nd  I  int.  ::d  that  the  >pund.,olies  shall 

bo  mine."  ,     , 

That  was  tlio  la-t  l"'nton  ever  -aw  of  Mi  Hard. 
A  dav  or  two  later  tin  Inter  sailed  from  Sun  Fran- 
ri-eo"nn  hi?  steamer  T./'. /(m'".  to  make  the  bnhT 
att(>mpt  on  I'anama.  I'.ut  he  had  failed  to  take 
into  aeeount  the  hmi:  arm  e,f  Fnele  Sam.  Two 
(lavs  after  leaving  the  (inlden  Cate.  the  ]  ulrnnn 
^i-dited  two  T'nited  State-  warship-  whieh  liad 
been  on  the  -..ateh  for  lur.     Then,  and  not  till  then. 


i3^r~^»-m'^:^r^-^'^iAi^'^^>i^0{rh 


And    Other    Stories. 


9» 


,1^1  nniara  realize  that  he  was  ''up  a-amst  it. 
li,.  ordered  the  captain  to  rc>pon<l  to  the  signals 
fp. in  the  \var>hip^  and  hiin^-'lf  w.nt  ho\,^^^■.  hnortlv 

hoarded    tlie    Valencia   and 


:;ir,"  Slid  tlio  captain;  "will 


iilifpwnrd-    iin    ntli.-er 
a.-kf'd   for   Mr.   llillan! 
"Ife  i>  in  hi-  eahin.^ 
von  kindlv  po  iiclow'r"" 
■    -Have  him  conic  on  d.u  k  at  once,     commanded 

^  Vh<'"-raman  who  went  to  call  Hillard  returned 
in  a  few  moments.     Hi-  fa.e  was  wliile  under  tlio 
tan  and  he  stammered  : 
••n..V  killed  hi--elf."' 

Tlie  otlicer  went  below.  TIltc  he  found  Hillard 
ctrct.hcd  aero-  hi-  Inink,  dead.  As  soon  as  he 
-iw  the  war^hips,  Hillard  had  <:iven  up  all  hope 
.,f  making  a  fortunp  out  of  tlu'  Tanama  conspiracy. 
II<.  lealized  that  the  .L'ame  was  indee.l  up.  f  i^^]- 
had  said,  and  rather  than  be  taken  holhanded,  he 
had  cut  his  throat. 

The  hodv  was  committed  to  the  deep  and  the 
Valrnria  was  ordered  to  return  to  San  Francisco. 
Wlien  it  arrived  there  tlu'  newspapers  ^^ ere  full 
of  a  "bloodlc-s  revolution  in  Panama.  A  de  facto 
.'r,vernment  had  been  formed,  they  said,  in  the 
canal  -tate  a  l{epul)lic  formallv  proehunicd,  and, 
„',o4  '^trikin-  fact,  the  United  Statr-  had  imme- 
diately reco^L^ized  the  provisional  administration 
and  welcomed  the  new  Kepul)lic. 

Thopp  on  hoard  the  Vnh'nrin  kept  close  tongues. 
How  much  thev  knew  of  the  puri>o.M^s  of  the  ex- 
rMdition  thev  declined  to  state  to  the  curiou?  re- 
porters who  "put  leading  questions  regarding  Uieir 
tuddon  return. 


,dw^&}x- 


^"^ 


_:^m^mmm 


lOO 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


Finton  hiirrieaiv  l-ft  San  Fninri>ro  anrl  two 
moiuh?  later,  wlirn  Mr.  and  Mi-.  Montsom.'ry 
Owon  woro  in  Pari^  <m  thoir  hnnoymmn  they 
caiK'ht  ?i"ht  of  tiini  \vith  a  stylishlv  (1re<>e.l  Amer- 
ican "irl.  Had  the  Owen?  been  frnm  San  iTiin- 
cisenrtliev  would  bavo  re<'();rnize(l  in  the  latter  a 
wt'll-knuwn  fi^'ure  on  tlie  vaudt'villf  >tage. 


And    Other    Stories. 


lOI 


THE 


HOMAXCE     OF    THE    UArPY 
TllUUGUT  MINE. 


7.r  l^ivo    will  0  t)oaui\  >  ><Mu  Mw.. • 

take  ' 'conl  l>la-s  not  infn.pu.ntly,  to  t h.  stoc'k 

hal'o      1-x    ho  romance  of  tho  Ilappv  'I  hough 

ie    howo  ver,  both  Bullion  and  Love  have  their 

,      :  '  a^d  0  n.i.Win.  that  l.autv  .;t  oi.  to  tin. 


TV  those  (lavs  tho  taint  of  cnmmorciali.m  i=  oven 
over  Love,  while  l.oautyV  vnluptuou.  eliarm.  W 
to 

Mil 

mud.  annuyance  as  an  intruAT  al  a  iklL^l.tlnl 
"■'iiWer  an<l  M.oli  a  common  thins  a^  a  min.rV 

low  price  of  tl.«'  »-l»<''  ',"•'■''  ""  '     "      :,  ,.:,!  ,l,.ll 
tLufS  in  the  Kooteuay  towns  ...  IfU-      '"l 


102         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

C'lliiiiiMa  mirror  i~  n  peculiar  I)r'inir.  TFo  livo?  in' 
('aii;i'!a,  hut  ho  nil  \v~  hiiiL-df  tn  lio  siihjoet  to 
tlif  (!i(tatc>  of  a  iiiiinr-"  fiilt'ratiDii  which  has  its 
li(:i(!i|iiart('r>  in  lliii;.'.  Mnritaiia.  Kaslo  may  bo 
cnll'MJ  the  caiiilal  !■!'  jIm'  -ilvt-r-li'ad  district  of  Pirit- 
ish  < '<iluiiihia.  It  \v:i-  ahoiit  tlio  q\iiotr?t  town 
ill  ilir  wiiolc  prnviih  '  wlicii  ilic  inm  -aid  ilicy  mii>t 
havr  s:',.."j()  jMT  day  <<(  ciidit  hnurs  in  phicc  of  a  ten- 
hour  day,  and  (juit  ihi'  mints  lic^inisc  tho  owners 
paid  nay.  It  w;i-  i^i-y  to  -rc  tliat  tlic  town  was  hit 
liard,  for  the  nii;-ii  hall  cln~cd  and  the  painted 
ladifs  sdu^ht  the  'itluT  side  of  the  l)r.undary  line, 
where  the  pay-rn'l   w.i-  si  ill   in  existence. 

I'nder  the-e  (■  iidition-  the  Ka>lo  people  wero 
Fi;r]trised  wlien  it  w.i-  announced  that  a  new  inin- 
in,:,'  hmker's  otHre  \v;i-  to  h^"  opt^ied  in  tiieir  city. 

"The  man  mii>t  1  .i\e  money  to  hurn,  or  he  must 
be  easy,"  was  the  e. .minent  in  th(>  saloons. 

But  it  turned  "ui  that  there  wa^;  nn  man  in 
the  eas(^ — at  lea-t  iint  then.  'I'he  Itroker  was  a 
woman,  and,  more  -u:  prisin.i:  still,  quite  younj;  and 
very  pretty.  When  that  was  kn!)wn  the  ton^'ues 
of  the  i:o>sips  clattt vd  like  a  c.irt  on  cobblestones, 
while  tlie  (piidnune-;  siid  she  had  been  crossed  in 
love.  They  were  widi.'.  of  coiu>e,  as  they  usually 
are. 

^fary  Atiierstone  \>.,w  nf  the  stufT  that  make?  the 
business  wnnian  and  ;i'-(i  the  excelh^nt  wife.  Her 
feminine  deliirhts  she  tried  to  keep  for  after  busi- 
ness hours,  bu*  they  wi  re  known  to  intnide  between 
n  A.M.  and  ()  I•.^r.  She  chose  to  locate  in  Kaslo 
at  the  moment  of  depn  --ion  because  she  knew  that 
the  boom  had  been  ll.utcned  out  and  <riod  claims 
could  now  be  secured   at  reasonable  prices.     She 


And    Other    Stories. 


lOJ 


;,1  nnt  irn  into  the  countrv  for  tho  sako  of  her 
.iltii.  hilt  ?lic  arf;nc(l  that  tlie  minin?  town  was 
aind  to  rise  a^ain  a 

"Makf 


nd  now  was  tho  time  to  mako 


Thtrc  i;:  no  necessity  for  you  to  p:o  in 


to  h 


I..-S  a 


t  all. 


(!fa 


r."  her  father  had  said  to  her 


n?i- 
the 


Kw  iK'fr.re  she  Irft  Vancouver  for  the  Kontenay. 
••'ihere  is  enou-h  for  you  to  .lo  at  home  hfljung 
.Mur  mother  to  entertain  visitors  and  a>sistiivi:  at 
tiie  U-.\  table  on  at  honn-  tlavs  as  will  a-  hrlping 
;.;<•  in  my  otlice  work  whi'u  1  am  hard  pnssed." 

There  "was  just  a  sns])ieion  of  an  irtmieal  note 
ill  Mr.  Athcrstonc's  voice  a>  he  uttcri'd  the  first 
j.art  of  this  sentence.  He  wa~  one  of  thn--e  who 
''\:\i\  married  a  We-tern  •'socir-y  woman."  llis 
■  i auditor  smiled  sweetly  as  slie  replied: 

"Dear.  I  am  tired  to  death  of  these  '•fun(>tionp,' 
I-  the  papers  call  them,  and  of  the>e  reailini;  so- 
•ieties  for   vfiun,i:  women,  wh<>re  the  di--eetion  of 
liciL'hhors"   characters    is   the  chief   work,   and   also 
f  the  sewin<,'  classes,  which  are  schools   for  gos- 
-ip.     1  have  your  nature,  father;  I  have  pot  to  be 
.;nini:  soniethin-:  n-eful,  and  now  is  the  time  to  go 
to  l\aslo,  when  mines  and  claims  are  at  a  decent 
■.aluation  and  there  is  a  chance  for  a  newcomer, 
wlio  lias  been  grounded  in  your  excellent  schooV* 
-e  added,  with  a  touch  of  feminine  diplomacy. 
Mr.  Atherstone  was  obliged  to  let  her  go. 
it  is  a  roundah'.ut  journey  from  Vancouver  to 
Kaslo,  but  it  is  deliglitftd  all  the  way.     Through 
•he  frowning  Fraser  canynn  tlie  Canadian  Pacific 
railway  takes  its  way,  at  one  time  threading  the 
iiaiiksof  the  mighty 'river  its.'lf.  a  few  liours  later 
hi-h  up  in  the  mountains,  seeming  to  cling  to  the 


•j^^  .-J3^^^^m:^,Mm 


'm:M^^m^ 


104         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


procipitoiis  rook  while  tho  rivtT  (Li-ln'-  and  roars 
many  luindrt'tl  feet  lnlnw  in  it-  imi-v  dc-irc  to 
roach  tfio  I'afifir  Okmii.  At  Ri M-Ntoki-  Mary 
rlian'.'cd  Ikt  hiwiri'ii-  <|uartiT-  in  liic  ridlnian  for 
till'  littlo  carriaL"'  'Hi  tin'  narmw  i:niiL'''  railway 
wliicli  runs  to  Arniulifud.  whcif  tin-  steamer  i:^ 
taki  II  fur  th(>  trip  (lnwn  ilio  lakes  \'<  Unlisnn.  Sho 
oould  have  fntran;'  d  at  Nakii^[»  and  l'hiic  thmuizh 
tilt'  heart  of  the  Silvej-v  Slocan.  luii  >lie  jirelerred 
the  journey  hy  way  nf  N'.lMin — that  Im-tliiiLr  town 
and  marvel  (d'  hii-l!''  wliieh  i~  t!ie  commercial  cap- 
ital of  the  Kootiii;iv  and  <le-;tiiied.  pci-liap-;.  10  ho 
one  of  the  ;:reat  iii;'-  of  the  Amei'icari  continent. 
;is  the  mines  of  l'>rit.-ii  ('oliiiiil)ia  yieid  more  and 
more  of  their  tre^-iire  and  railways  radiate  to  tho 
'•amps. 

From  Xe]-on  ti^  i\,i-lo  is  a  cliarmin;.'  Iri|)  on  tho 
waters  of  l\oMirii;i\  I, .ike.  the  home  of  tlie  moun- 
tain trout  and  the  |,:r:.!-'ncked  saliiioA.  thonudi  there 
are  those  who  decl  !!■  !'  ;il  the  >almon  cume  up  from 
the  sea  aiiii  leap  t!:"  falls  nf  i'.oiuiiiiLMoii  in  their 
anxiety  to  iret  to  !'.•  -pav,  ninu^  irrouinl.-,  and  die 
at  the  end  of  their  Imiii-  yeai-. 

As  the  stern-\vlM'!'i-  Kokufirr  chnrned  tho  wa- 
ters of  Kooti^iay  \\\\>\\  Mary  Ati:er-tone  noMced 
a  party  nf  pro-pectnr-.  She  felt  iii!'Tc>tcd  in  the 
bron/ed  aiitl  riiu'.iXed-Ni  kin;:  men.     Thev  were  part 


of  hor  new  life.     T 


i-ii  J, 


was  not  aware  of  it 


tlien,  the  f'.ree  men  wric  to  have  an  intliience  on 
lior  life  w'  ich  wa>-  fn  hi-t  till  de;ith  should  heckon 
her  with  gentle  hand  lo  .-leep  and  lie  content. 

"What  <tranire  creitures  of  cirenmstanco  wo 
are,"  she  thouirht,  a-  the  K':l-<inri'  rapidlv  <!e:imi(l 
out  towards  the  lake  and  the  pro-p"etors'  boat  be- 


.:*^5?*^$r:-'F^i??r..    '5>?^^'t^^S5  -T??f_>  /^■/r'?'^- 


And    Other    Stories. 


lO! 


r.r^^r-  n-  a  Vuov  on  tl.f  water.  "I  ?o  to  -o,.k  a  inin<> 
,,;...   u.iv.    ti.n-f    tiifii    in   iiimthtr.     An(i   tluy    t.iki^ 

,,,,!■,.    .].-[irr:lt.'    rliai,rr>     tll.lll     1     <1".       TlirV     inu>t 

,-,!:i-v  li'.iw  |p,irk^  uj.  >lt"i)  iiKiiHit.uii^  and  tlirou;:ii 
,  !  ',1,  ii-c  l.ni-li  ;  lifv,  when  iiiL'ht  I'.iU^.  mii-^t  put 
i;].  ,1  l-Mkv  t-'iit  "P  wrap  thrniMa\<'s  m  th.ar  l.lank- 
,.;-  :iiiil  have  I'ulv  the  earth  t'^r  a  hf.l  an. I  the  \va- 
,,.,!■, 11  fnr  a  liillahv.  Aii.l  I— all.  nir,"  and  .h<> 
hr-k.'  nir  in  that  M-h  and   Irh  jii^l  a  Mi-pu-um  «if 

Hut  :t  .piKklv  pasM.d  awav  a^  tlio  st-ward  -  U-\l 
,  'an-,  d  inrnilv'  fnr  .linncr.  And  afUT  dinner  .^ha- 
f,,;;  i„  tlu.  liiinl.T  to  trijny  the  -r.iirry  an<]  the  i.ean- 
I  .  .  of  tlie  H'ttinir  >un  iloodm-  th..'  Lard.Mu  hill;^ 
u.!!i  a  puridr  hue.  Tliat  \va.^  (d'  nature;  those 
tv.inkliii-  li-l-.ts  vender  were  cf  man.  Tn-  Ka<lo 
\^  i~  ju.t<nM,in-  in;o  vj.nv.  As  -'le  hunl-d  n-,  ih.> 
uiarf  «\'  h.er  new  Iv-nie  Mary  Athe-t.-ne  ^erupu- 
1.  '-'v  refrained  from  >^. 'f-.xaniinan.'U  ami  J"'"'' 
,,,n.d  fur  the  opeiiiii-  lif''.  When  -he  aw.|ko 
i^e  next  morinni:  and  looked  out  (d'  the  h.ote!  w.n- 


,i,.w    Mvin-'  the  waters  of  the  lake  -litteimt:  in  t!io 

-in-hine.  she  felt  that   it   wa>  - 1  to  1'"  aliv.-.  to 

a 


woman,  and  ahove  all.  to  he  youn-  nml  pretty. 

\o  .ju.dm^  of  po.-Mhle  failure  came  to  her  m  that 
a-Mio'-phere;  she  was  in  Ka.-h'  to  make  a  Mie.'e-:s. 

j-.ven  as  she  walke.l  up  the  one  husme-s  street 
,,f  the  town— tli.'v  eall  it  city  in  the  We-:,  ior.  d.o 
not  the  een-ns  r.'tuni^  show  that  it  is  the  seventh 
,.,tv  of  I'.riti-h  Cohimhia?— she  was  not  dismayed 
hv'the  prevailln-  (pii'^tness.  The  want  of  life  did 
i.,t  hotiier  lier.  "Mv  time  will  eome."  she  sauj 
•o  hei-self  as  she  entered  the  n.>w  otiiee  whicli  had 
l„en  pr(  pared  for  her  bv  her  fatiierV  ordei-5  an.l 


io6         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


a~tiiiii-liO(1  tlip  inli.iliiinnt*  by  slmw  im.'  tlifin  tliat 
tilt'  IK'W  miniiiL'  lii"!.rr  ua.-  ;i  frmalf. 

Ami  now  orn'  imh-i  f^Iluw  ilic  fnitiiiir-:  of  th^-i' 
llircc  j)ro>j)(.H-t()i'>  wii"  si't  (lilt  fi'Min  N'iI-mh  at  tK<" 
Hann'  tinif  a.-  tli"  l\"!,'iinir  Imii'  Mirv  Al 'iiTstniii' 
,'iway  from  tliat  ['iaii'.  To  row  a  licavily-Lul'ii 
boat  many  mil'-  t"  the  month  of  iln'  cri'k  i<\'  the 
fame  naiiH'  as  tlir  -;'  rii  whrrlcr  \va.-  tlirir  i.i-k.  ami 

llicy    liail    (li'ttT!!! 'tl'  'I    to    do    it    ln'InlT    thry    raill|i>il 

for  tlif  nij,dit.  T:  -y  rrai'lici!  tlirrc  wliil.'  .-lil!  t!irii> 
was  a  littlo  li^'lit  iii  the  lake  and  (iiTald  And'T-on 
j)n)[in.-t'd  that  l!i' V  iro  thrff  mih'S  fii:'!l:fr  <ii)  to 
Pnntiat-  Cnvk.  \\!-:i'  he  kivw  thori^'Ma-  an  ideal 
oanipin.LT  Sj'ot.  'I'M-  \va-  dom>.  In  ihr  inornin,' 
tlic  men  were  ini:i'_iiiL'  in  !ior.-e  ]ikiy,  as  men  will 
do  before  hrcakt  i-i  renders  them  kizv.  Ander- 
Fon  pickrd  up  a  -'"iie  and  tlirew  it  at  M(  N'eilly 
wlinni  it  hit  on  t:ii   -'in. 

'"Confound  you!"  iMared  Mar.  a-  ho  stooped  to 
pick  np  the  stone  i^  ',-:urn  it.  Struck  hy  tho  wei^^lit 
of  the  missile  ho  I'-Mted  in  hi»  throw  and  lonked 
at  the  roclw  lie  iMiiiid  it  to  he  a  rich  specinuu 
of  mineral. 

''C'e'-e  and  look  kere.  old  cliap."  ho  ralloil.  ov- 
citedly  to  Anderson.  "You're  throwing'  your  for- 
tune at  nio." 

"What  an  idiot  I  wa-  not  to  notic(^  that."  M'as 
the  comment  of  Andei-Mii.  as  he  examined  the  -peci- 
mon. 

Broakfa'^t  was  soraMiMid  throu^'h  and  the  threo 
men  follow(^d  iiy)  that  "tMiat"  nearlv  to  the  source 
of  the  cr(>(>k.  liiiih  up  in  the  niountaiiN.  Tt  was 
not  until  after  three  days'  hard  work  that  they 
found  the  lead. 


And    Other    Stories. 


107 


''It   wa^   a   Iiappv   tlidnulit    i>f   your*.    AilIit-'UI, 

i'..ll    Ui'  .-llMulil   ccplllr   Id   liilS  crirk."   rrril.lli.i'i  I    .M:ir. 

"I.i  tV  call  l!,c  iiiiiic  Till'  ILipjiv  'riii(iiu:il."'  >.iiil 
II- iiiiinL'iMii.  \\l,n  wa-  the  -p.p.;  Ml. Ill  of  thr  tiini', 
'    .1  haij  -nniciiiiii;.'  In  .-a_\   wii'ii  ].r  i].i]  talk. 

Aini  that  wa-  tin'  iiaini'  ti,i;.  <j.:\\v  it  at  iIh'  nnnrd- 
..:_'  "Jicf  in  Ka-!ii. 

'I'l.i'  iiiMi'-  pai'!  friiiii  iho  Lrra.--  p'ot-,  Imu  Mo- 
.\r;!ly  MKPii  -lit  \' IT  !!••.!  I't'  nniirliiiiLr  it  in  the 
1  'M-  ai!i!  uaiiil'Mi'.l  In  l\.i-!'i  .  ii"  c!ay  to  .-.v  if  ho 
'Miilij  liiiil  a  jiuri  ii;i.ir  for  hi-  third  y]\.\v.  Tho 
i'ldhrr's  ollic-  wiih  ih''  -i_'ii  ■•  \til'  I-.-tuIi(.,"  >t!-ii>'k 
!iiiii  ;is  the  tii'i-i  pri'-j"  :'ai--:M,,kiiiL'  in  lln'  uIkiIi' 
■'  'All  niid  l:i'  I'liti  I'.'il  ;ii),l  ■.\-l< '\  lo  >:•-■  till'  maiiaLT^T. 
'!'  I'  L'irl  at  tin-  ("iMir' r.  \\!i-';i  !i.'  ti."k  'n  hi'  the 
;_  j"  \vi-;irr.  >iir[iri-r(l  l.:iii   \\i;ii  iLe  icinark: 

'•■'I'hat"-  I!)"."" 

Mr.\nIl_\V  thnji-!:t  wa.-  to  -hip.  It  wa^  lii-  first 
<  \pii!cnc<'  wiih  I'j'  ii'W  \\ii'i:a!i  and  hi'  I'l  It  liim- 
^■ll'  hhi-liiiiir.  r>iit  he  il'-idid  tn  111  an]  thr  fair 
<>■'■  ill  hiT  drn  and  ^lai-'d  hi-  Im-ini--.  lie  waa 
^:;rp^i-^d  at  llic  aiU'iiint  "['  ii;inin_'  kiMwlodLV  tliat 
i!,i'  ;:irl  shnwi'd  in  Iht  rap'd  ipi''-:iiii.  ,'.  Tlio  re- 
-mIi  nf  tl  I'  inl.  rvir'A-  \va-  lii.it  shr  pinini^i'd  to  go 
d  i\vn  tl)  the  mini'  next  day. 

'riit'i'i'  was  L.iiii  sati.-l'ai  li'in  in  liu'  hr^ast  of  Mac 

;:-   hr   -liuid   nn    ti  c   i!i'il\    '■(   l!:'     Ki't'llli  1    J),  yt    innril- 

ii:_'-  and  tliiir.L'ht  of  thr-  ill-pripandni'-s  of  !:i-  part- 
:■.  •:<  for  an  cxaininati'in  of  tho  niinr  l>y  tlii^  cx- 
;  rt  in  pi'tiii  iiai«.  Mary  -t'nd  tin'  -tilf  clinil)  i:p 
;  !■  inonntain  very  wed  and  -urpri-'-d  the  other  two 
■-■•-y  irriniy  partii'rs  a<  tln'V  were  cornins  out  of 
'  ."  tunnel  to  knock  nlf  wmk  {nr  the  day.  For- 
'  .nately  ih.ere  wa?  a  -pare  ealdu  fucnished  decently 


loS  The    Dashing    Sally     Dud 


rn'ni;:li  for  a  woman  Ii  inlialiit  fur  !i  cuuiilo  of 
(la\  -.  at  any  ratf. 

I:  -lioiiM  111'  f'X'.liiM'd  lii Tf  tliat  till'  mine  had 
lii'.'ti  <!i'\c!n[Mi|  -ii::,. KiiMy  tn  prov.'  it  t<>  !••'  rich. 
'I'li'Tv  \va>  a  >liaft  nf  .-ihu'iit  ',''•(•  frrt  in  di-ptli  and 
a  -m.ill  liiii>t.  wiiii  !i  .  -inM  In-  op.  ra!'  il  liy  '>np  man. 

Ivirlv  in  ilic  rn^iiMjiL'  Marv  AiliiT-t'in.'  ami  Mc- 
Nfi!l\  u'.iit  (Inwii  i]\-n  tin'  mini'  whilr  AmltT-oii 
npi'iMii'']  tlic  Iki'-'.  McN'iilly  \va-  in  Iii.«  clement 
jMiiiitiuu'  out  tn  ;','-  pn--ilil(  piifi  !ia-i'r  ll:e  rich- 
ni'--  "f  the  ore  a:ii!  I'n'  iiietliiii!-  nf  nperation.  He 
sent  a  Imk  ki  I  of  ■\.\~\.'  up  \u  ilie  Imi-t.  "just  to 
!-lio\v  \iiu  l:(iw  i'i-i!\  till'  thinir  i-  opei-ainl."  Tho 
hucket  liail  alni'i-t  i'  uli'il  the  top  \v!ii  n  -ometliin^' 
went  wfoncr  aii'l  it  inmmeii'ii]  to  de-^eeml  airain 
Avitli  friu'lit  I'll!  rapi^'Mv.  I'.nih  Mary  aiiil  MeXeilly 
recn^riii/cil  that  i'i'  •'!■  was  no  way  of  r-rape  for 
tliem.  The  hurki-!  v.'.ii!il  aiinihihite  thi  in  in  a  nio- 
ini'iit  or  \w\  I'll!  'ii-einu-lv  Mary  e-urreil  ]\or 
fai-e  with  Ix'th  liai!-'-.  MeXeilly  e\ir-;e(l  himself 
inwanllv  for  hi*  f."'i~hni-«  in  takinir  the  ;.MrI  to 
the  hntt.iin  of  th.e  -'..i!'t.  where  im  wav  wa.-  opon 
to  them  to  retreat,  I'.iit  ju-t  a-  the  huiket  was 
wit'nin  a  few  feet  n!'  th-ni  it  -loppeih  A  few  min- 
utes later  it  liixeii.'.  ,1  In  where  they  were,  very 
plowly.  ami  tlioy  w<  re  ;,h|e  to  elamlier  in  am]  were 
lioisted  to  thf"  -^urfai  e.  Wlien  tl^'y  reached  tliero, 
verv  niueh  snhdued  hc.iu-e  of  the  eliw.'iie»«  thoy 
]ia(i  hern  to  deatli.  II  luim^xion  met  tliem  with  the 
rtMiuirk : 

"Yon  can  thank  Ai^der-on  for  vour  rescue." 

"Why,  what  did  he  d,,;--  asked 'Mae. 

"Tie  thrust  his  ar'ii  into  the  colt-:  of  that  hoist 
and  that  was  what  si.  pned   it."  l:e  replied. 


And    Other    Stories. 


H)() 


^fnry  ki'pt  Icick  tlif  ttMrs  tli;it  pi-.'  \n  ]\,r  o\>  ■ 
a.-^  -hi'  wi'iit  to  il..'  ciliin  win  re  tin-  iiini  li.nl  lar- 
fiiil   till'   hravf   viiiiii;,'   fcllnw.      Sill'   never   flinched 

\Nli'Il   .'lie   >;1W    l|.i\s    ||,e    t|e-!i   nu,]    |||ll.-ile,   i,!'    liJS   ami 

Were  turn  to  -hreil-.  With  In  p  nwn  IkiihIs  !»1io 
li'Mitnl  the  wounds  iind  then  -he  su]i'rinlerided  hi- 
ri  iiiuv.d  to  K.i-lii.  where  -lie  niir-ed  luiii  ihrouu'h 
the  illness  which  folluwed  hi»  heroic  action. 

Anderson  to-dav  ha-  no  ii>e  of  Ids  rij.'ht  arm; 
it  i-  crippled  for  life,  hut  he  -,i\>  hi-  wife  has  riirlit 
anus  cnoii;:li  for  hiin  hoth,  and  The  Happy 
Thoii^rht  irune,  of  which  thev  are  now  the  -ole  own- 
ers, renders  it  iinnece->ary  fur  him  to  u-e  his  mus- 
( le.  or  for  her  to  any  lonpT  2>ly  the  vocation  of 
mining  broker. 


^W:^^*^^:^^^f;mm^M 


no         The    Dabhlii^    Sally    Duel 


A  LITTLi;  (.AMI-:  OF  SKVKN  LP. 

TiiosK  wcro  wii'!.  ;:Ii)ri<)ii:<  days  in  C'aril)oo  when 
Jollv  .hrk  wa^  (1.1'  I'  "f  I'olirc  ail. I  Caiitaiii  Ter- 
ror was  (inlil  ( 'Mii!iiii.--iiiiifr.  (lold  <liir-t  was  no 
j.l.'iitiful.  that  til-  hipiiy-^"vui(k.v  iiiiiitrs  thoii^rht 
thiMr  claitii^  \m  ul'l  invcr  ;.'iv('  out  and  ■' uur-hall 
wnmcii.  >al'i(in-k"  I"  t-  and  L'ainlilcrs  ll'ainrli<-d  like 
llie  ^.Tftii  liav  \\<  ■.  That  .Inlly  .laikV  jnh  was 
110  sincciirc.  h.i^  i"  ■  n  .-Imwii  liy  the  iiicidtiit  of  tiit? 
>,Mrl  from  T'ri-i "  .iliv;id_v  n'kit.'ii ;  hut  tlic  (iold 
t'()innii>^ioncr,  ii\    i.-n,_'  tin'  nn'tiiods  of  Stilornou, 

liad  a  .-iiap. 

Captain  Tt  rror  .i.rmrd  rercntricity  to  !)p  tlio 
vorv  soul  of  liN  o;i;..-.  ••What,"  hi'  a-kci.  "was  the 
iisc"  of  a  (Jnhl  ('..iMiiii--ionci-  if  ho  did  not  com- 
maJid  ait-'iitiniir  1.'. -im(  t  ^  To  holl  with  rv-pcct 
in  a  ininin<:  caiiij'.  \slun'  the  nilo  of  lirst  corno 
first  scrvcrl  was  th'  \iTy  c.-siinc  of  lifo.  The  man 
who  run-  the  hard.-i  to  the  Hccord  Olliio  is  p'li- 
orallv  tiic  man  wlm  makes  the  tno.-t  h'Tc,"'  ho  added, 
"anti  110  man  can  luii  and  retain  his  self-respoet.'' 

It  was  part  of  .l.i'ii\  .laik"s  duty  to  eall  the  cases 
in  the  (J-dd  ('onimi"M'ner"s  Court.  When  the  fa- 
mous trial  of  Edwards  versus  Carew  came  on  the 
Chief  of  ridiee.  from  force  of  hahit.  slinuted  out, 
"Bloodv  K.lward^.""  The  eyes  of  the  Gold  Com- 
missioiier  twinkl  d  with  amusement  as  ho  <:ri""ffly 
invited  "-Mr.   Blood v   Edwards"  to  state  his  side 


And    Other    Stories. 


1 1 1 


if  tlir  (1i<putt'.     Tin*  I/>ii<!<>n«T — it   i-;  li;irilly  no-- 

-.«ary  to  .-taN'  his  place  of  liirtli — [mt   forw.ird  u 

•  tp'niious  rlaiiii  ti)  a  pnfc  n(  ;:niiiii>l  on  WiUiaiiiH 


(  nr 
uian 


Hi 


ati'Mri''f    na- 


fnrcil 


lit'   a»    111-   iji'- 


(I.  but,  mifortimati'U .  tliii>o  win-  ri'it  the  davs 


o 


f  stfii(i;.'ra[ilur.-.      !><■--  pi(turr-(]iio  wrn-  tl 


H-  wonis 


.if  (' 

that  1 1 


arfw.  Iiut   imnr  tlif  It--  .-Iron;,'  !ii-  urguiiu'nt 


1  w. 


•What 


rrniiiK 


can    wi' 


do    for    thc^o    fl•Il.lW^.    ('lii.^f?' 


a-krd  till'  tiiild  ( 'nnimi--!'iiirr  in  an  aside  loiul 
«'iiiiii;:li    to    lie   luard    at    tlic    nran-t    >al'«in.      "It 

-ii'llis  \n  III''  there's  heeu  -n|||(.  jirettv  tall  swear- 
iiii:,  I'lit  I  di  fy  even  I'ari-  lo  i.'ive  a  ri;,'ht  jnd;,'- 
Illent." 

The  clas-ie;!]  allu-i'iii  was  hist  on  Jolly  Jaek, 
tint  he  -ii!.'u'''>led  t!iat  they  -hniild  divvy  up  on  the 
uTMiiiid.  The  (iuh!  ('niiiiiii--iiiiier  scorned  that  way 
•  ait  of  the  (litlicultv. 

''(ieiilleniiii,"  he  said,  addre-sin;:  tho  crowdod 
court,  '"It  has  sehioiii  li-'cn  my  lot  to  li-ieii  to  arL'n- 
iiients  -o  ^trollLdy  jiut  forward.  I  niiu'lit  almost 
>ay  that  a  san;:iiinary  hue  wa-  ;;iveii  to  them  by 
at  least  one  of  the  parti'-.  To  deal  with  so  com- 
jdicalec!  a  matter  with  projiiT  nicety  an<l  le;,'al  biil- 
aiico  doniands  the  acumen  nf  a  Snldiuon  ami  the 
knowl(^d;.'e  of  a  Chief  .lu-iice.  Wliilf  I  do  not 
pretend  to  either,  I  yet  feel  >iire  that  I  can  settle 
this  case  to  the  rJatisfaction  of  both  parties.  The 
jiid^rnient  of  tlio  court  is  that  both  men  start  from 
here  to;:eth(.'r,  ^.'ct  an  axe.  run  the  two  niihs  to  the 
claim  that  is  in  dispute,  and  the  one  who  drives 
the  tir.st  stake  pets  the  ;:rnund.  The  t'ourt  will 
.idjourn  so  that  I  may  oilieiate  as  starter." 

By  the  time  the  Gold  Commissioner  got  to  the 


112 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


door  .f  Iho  Tnun  IL....  tin.  romnrkal-  .;  jn.lirnu^nt 
^,,.  known  all  uv.T  W.lli.un.  ("r.ok.  •>  a  .'>  t  nt 
;r..l,.^^tc.l,.,ra,.bv.   .   h:..llK-nJnn.l..n-;l   fnm^ 


ma 


„    „    „„n.    'MonnvT.    Mr.    'iVrmr    .n.k    ..mo 


tinii    1(1  rrach  tlif  'I""'-  ■'•■ 


Mr.  Car.w   liad   invitotl 


him  tn-harralMUtlrnl.hanii.aun.c  in  a  hjI-  ro-nn 
-lia.l    1    ta-t((i    IK:-    'snM'UX    vura-r    l,.|on-    1 

fnt    iu.l.nK.nt;-    -n,!    th-    (K^,     <  — "-;'    /^ 
th.-.Un.lant.  '-Imt    it    w  tno  lat.   n.w.      M._'h     I 

mnarkthat  .in.  i-nn,  a,' 1  tinnu'  to  run  nn 

WlH.n    Mr.  TuT.r   :n.l   Car-v   pm.!,..!   tl.    -1  ^nr 
thrv  found  a  .Tnw,-  of  -ovoral  l.un.l.v'!   P'-pl.'  .'n- 

L;,.d  in  tlH-  a.r..-:M vupafon  M i-l-nrn- r- 

Slv  .hanm,  '-H! '>    K,!wan!."  who  ^,oo,|  on    h. 

•A   !iii'  tliJLlw.  and  an  unnionpe 


0( 

stojis  ai 

tifT  a  I'l'W  inclK-  i" 

pair  of  L.Munli"oi-.  i   ,      i       „     t 

"Y.uir   rival   ha-    '  -   -vn-l^a-uod   l.ont,^   on,   1 
<;(K..-  sai.l  thMioM  (  -.inii-ion.T  to  (  aivu. 

Th,.  lattor  ranL'o.l   hi'M-^rlf  hv~u\c  tlio  othor  l.ti- 
rraiit,  .-cornini:  to  ma 


nv  chan.'o  in  his  niiiKT  s 


"ant,  .•^(■oriuir^   1"  !"■' -  ,         ,  .. 

;;Hin>.       It    was   oh-on...!    that   -Ulo,,,!.-     •.;hvan!s 
ihi^p(T...ltohiman.!n,o,vo.]ai:rav..„n.l,nn"ph, 

';.[n-  vou  rcadv."  r,i...l  th.  r.<,hl  (  onun.-Mon.r. 
"Co"     "And   thrv   w.ro  olf  a^   fa-t   as   thnr  hoots 


wouM   lot    thru,.'    A.,   av''   a,u.cr    wa^  qu..  kIv   so 

eurod       For  half  a  n,.'.    tin'  two  m-n  k.pt  w.ll  to- 

Ltho;vvluloanundua- f  tla^nor,.  a.t>u.s,Hrtators 

font   up    with   tluan.      TlH.n     "IMoo,  v     Kdwanl. 
kiknl  olT  lu-^  (annhor-MMo  hoot:^  and  won     ahead 
\\lr  tlu-  n.il.  ha.l  In.n  pas^.d.  no  on.  fo  lowejl 
tho  pair  so,  coming  to  a  .•onvcnimt  stone,  hdwwds 


And    Other    Stories. 


113 


tdnk    a    r-i'at 


ml  a  few  iiiinut- 


■;  aftrrwar 


,1^  Cirt'W  al:=ii 


•\Vr!l.  lliat  wa-^  a  lilar^tr 


-ura 


t  :  1  tho\i_'ht.  lluwo 


111  \     Inui-    wm 


ilil   never   icavi'  1 


itr    t''>ll^\^m,^'    U-, 


.--all 


I   y,\ 


1 1  wa  I'll- 


avr   V 


lU  L;"t   til"'  '■■' 


nU 


•V,,u  li.t.  liiit  id  -  na 


M'  a  iinnk  n 


■-t.     aii-wi'r<'i 


1 


Careu. 
-lltTc'-   111 


mhiriii''   a    I)' 


\\[\r   i'riiin   111-   l)ai 


1)UL' 


kt't. 


•Ni'W    \v !-!'  - 


it    L"iinL'   t' 


l„>v    .,4-,,,i    -I'.lnnily 


Ivhvai'i 


iliiw  c 


S,  \iai  rp  ~'i  ;iN''  .^"'1 


•■|'>llll\.       IVji.'.' 

Ivlwanl^  unt  1 


Cap'W. 


•('lit   t'lr 


j„.  ,!,.■.!  am!  Iiirnri!  up  th"  jii<" 


iiauf-i. 


•Wrll.    that'-    t.ir    .Inllllliy    In.'    111-.    alUlinW, 


k  of 
^aid 


-Anil  ll.'Ti'-  !<'w. 
til,'  ar<"  <if  liiaiii'an!-. 

"Ah.  I'lit  ti'.at  in; 
rctnrtfil    I'aiwanU.  a- 


~;inl    Cariw.  a-   Im'   took   in 
and   I'.iiu'  I'nr  L'aiiK'." 


k,<    nir    ihirt.vn 
he  iratlii'nil    >'[) 


tnr    t.''aTn'\ 
t!f  kiiiu  "f 


heart-  with  th<'  tm  "\  -p:!'!' 


'..-. 


th 


("arcw  st'( 
(■  act'  am 


aired    I'Mward-    (ii'.i' 


•n  of  truiiit 


1-  \vi 


th 


1  the  izaiii''  r-toiid   iwn  ap'.i'' 


low 


for  Carew. 


.lack   and   thf  pu 


lie    I'l 


hii,'!;  ana 
r   Kdwards. 


The  next  rdiiiui  iint*'' 


1   willi    two  e,u 


'Hero,  tliis  thi 
■;aid  Edwards.  "vu[ 


imV  L^etlinj  hlondy   nieiiuTnnou 
Therf's  rii 


ise  we  eliiU'k  It 


UMl 


in  that  damned  j:ruuni 


knov-  it.     What  do  you  _>ay  t 
advifo  and  divvying'  up:" 


th- 

d   we  both 

lakinj?  J"lly  Jack's 


1.  anvliuw,  ai; 


'Ki^'ht  vou  arc 


aid  Carew,   "bii 


t  one  of  UP  has 


rot  to  toll'ohl  Terror  tliat 


he  -tuck  the  fir-t  Ptake 


in. 
O.  K. 


Wp"11  cut. 


l-'ir.-l    jack   docs   it   1 


I.      la  that 


II 


W€  Wmmm^:M'=^&^wm^^ 


114         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

"Surer   ^^.Vul    Kdward-.  an.l  he  cut— a^ain   the 

^":V'ii'  ;;;ii''thi.  ^...u  om  dai,. ,';..  ..a^k  of 

Spa.l.-""  ho  r.inark-1.  -Snsv,  Wfvr  l.n'.u  -ot  t.) 
JolkTa.-     lnm..!f.      IWu  tl...  Chi-f  nf   I",    ,.v  took 

dj,!      ■  1mm,/,.— u,.l   that    in.an^  a  .-rrat   ^1>..         I  i.r 

r.^hin,'  in  that  .lann.V.  ,^ronn,h  .f;"  ■'.'">•  "'^ 
$l,-,0(!0  l.Hon>  it  'S'A''  out  and  onal.l..l  Inni  to  r  - 
Vr.'  from    th.    oili,-.    uhi.h    l>e    had    ~o    n^nalh 

On  tho  ni-ht  Tuwi.M,-  to  1n,^  liandin-  ox  or  l)i> 

p<,;!"ont:h.Jn, -•'"">•  ,-'-^,r,.;?:;^ 

at  the  saloon  of      1.1'".. \    i.uwai.i..  . 

of  that  famous  fraM  1-  writtm  in  lottrrs  n|  \vhi>- 
kn  intlu.  (:ml.oo,n>--.aMhat.!ay  Amnn,  tho 
tnU?ro.  of  earth  that  Jolly  .lack  l..fth..lnj.lwaj 

n  crap  of  paper  that  -howc.1  very  >trnn.  v  that 
motl  an<]  .lirt  do  .orrupt.  T  have  ,t  h.l.re  n,r 
Jiow  It  \9  tho  r,ark.rvine  (hnrffr^^  armunt  of 
that' tremendous  jollitiration.     It  read-  thus: 

"Tt  is  our  painful  dutv  to  record  tliat  Carihno's 
first  Chief  of ^^.lico  ha-  r.M^tcd  all  at,.;,np..  mrulc 

"o  induce  hun  to  remain  in  otluc.  While  we  don  t 
hlame  him  a  hit— a  man  with  a  derent  c  aim  i>  a 
fxTtoTa  policeman— till  as  we  would  rather 
be  arrested  bv  Jolly  .Ta.k  than  any  other  m'.n  in 
the  wnrld-an.l  there'c  no  knowmi:  when  an  ed  or 
may  fall  by  tlio  waysi<lc-wc  extremely  regret  that 


^fem  j.^f\^:'7m^^^^^yfy^^^^'^ 


And    Other    Stories. 


115 


):(.  1,a=  nvvV'  thi^  M<m1<s  ;m.l  T-T.ian  .Lvi.ion     Part 


1'  .mr  p.iiu  on  this  (iira.-inii 


(I,    1.-    raU:-'' 


bv  the 


iiiiir    p 


irtakt'ii    at 


HI Iv    KdwanU"  "   i>lari'   hir^t 


il.  \\\f  (■aii>o  t)i'iii;:  a 


I'ari'Wi'll  IjanqU'i   l. 


JoUv 


li  U    in    'illirc. 
.il-'lllril    In   lea 
.111     tn    writt' 


•or  III!  'lui 


■r   mail   W'>i 


il,|   we  havi* 


vr  that  fca-i  "i   pa-<in  a 


nil 


tliUV   of 


here,    m    a   c 


,1   i,\]\i-<>   with   a 


towel 


ruiiinl  iiur  hfau. 
iidt   \if  ilfii'i 


lUit  thr  lall  of  frienil.-liip  w.)U 


Id 


clllr   M 


the  town  wa-  |)n-»'n 


\aA     W'\it.   ami.    Irniii    lli«' 


^;llnnll 

thr   uiiinitia 


will  lie  ri'Mirni 


t  at   IMwardi^' 
t  of 


va-l   aiiiiiun 


at  wa-  'jiiiiiu^  i> 


n.  it  w.i-  'A  1' 


■lit.  I'VfU  to 


t,.,!.   that    Miiio    llM.-t    wa-  r\rit.'( 


1.      It 


Iht.m!  that    Kiiwan!-^  thniiL'ht 


hv  had 


Iniiiiil  a  siicKiT  When  li"  si 
,-n  William-  Cnvk.  which 
Cliict'  of    I'olico  a   ni'i' 
sii.i  ho  fnrpivo  .Tack  for  swiiii 
rlaiin.  .-o  ovtnhndy  wa<  siti^tio 
•■Tlu'  victual— tlioy  wore  in 


,1  .Inlly  .lack  the  claini 

now  returninLr  the  ex- 

But    the  ho-t 

him  out  of  Ills 


httlc   i.il(>. 


liiu 


Iwaro 


i).-t 


4vlc 


— Iiavint 
!!ii--i'ini 


h.vn  ^satisfactorily  di-pos.-il  of.  (;ol(l  Coin- 


r  Terror  irnt   w] 


m  his  iin-teauy   le 


to 


L.M\e 


the   toa 
tl;..   tahl" 


-t    of    'Tlie    {.lllcell. 


From  tlic  lioitom 


that 


he  was  a  itloody  ,l'oo( 


frain 


1  Kimdi-hman,    an<l  pro- 


Kdwanls   roard  liis   tamuiar   n 


•tiiree    h 


ooilv     I'dOi 


1    che.-rs    for    the    t.hieen, 


w  hieli  \v 


■re  L-'iveii  With  a  wil 


Then 


ame   the   tea: 


;t    of    the   evenuiir. 


Good 


W  lll-Ki 


V   alwavs   .1: 


ivi 


■s   to    Mr.   Terror  :i   cnnm 


and 


lanLTuaL'e  w 


liicli  is  tho  jitlmiration  o 


f  al!  his  hear- 


■r-. 


After    jiavn 


the  '(-a 


caii'Mi 
mi--ioner 


■  r  \u~   compliment.'J   to   what    he 
luret-"of  Mr.  Iviwar.ls.  the  tJoM  t'om 


„,-.,„...    .aunche.l    into   elo<iuent    i-raise   o 
Faek.  which  made  tlie  hitter  blush  to  Ins  socks 


f  Jolly 


Ue 


•■  ^fja?A^j 


•;^=-^ 


X^i 


,,6         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

^         f  l?ntnc    a-  -tin'  -roal  toe  ot   this  a^^.•!nl.lv, 

in.nt  in  pavn>^  lull  ■•""■■'    '",;'i,,;,.,.i   i„  his 

„,ll,  !!,.■  M>l     ■!      ',,,„„      i;,.  i-  Tiwiv  at  Lome 
,1„.  tna-t  ....     !■"-    ■'■■,,,  :,i„,.  ,,, I  |,i,  mouth; 

lUl'^, :":;,.,' r,.,i;.« --.'■;».  •;:.;'v.i;;ri;:f'^;2r 
''iV'''lm;M;';;^:x:t;>!!;.h.oMC'.WRot 

\l     ..,.1    it    aw    -aw  hun  ^M-.Mt  pU-a.-urc    aw, 

'^r*r:;wwi;;w.^^!i-;nii-caiini 'Bloody 

i'  ,•■..]         1  .  couli  not  un.l.rstand,  really,  whore 
^'*  Lt  a  oaf  rV    .-t  .o  extraordinary  a  name, 

tr::^;:'J  T^^  n^.-  l-ory  on  a  oon.p>euou. 

m-oasion.  i  „ .  .,  t.atter  at  the  remark; 

"i-M«iird>  L"it  a?  ni:iti  a>  a  liaiiir  <u  n"-  ' 

boo'c  h"l  ovUontly  ro.tltcd  him  of  ht.  B.nse  of  hu- 


And    O.hcr    Stories 


117 


rior.   no  took  it  that  t'>"  ~^';''"T'/'''',i''"'rh".'ht 

"pr  lii,    c-oura--.     Th>'   l^'.v.^    l">wl'''l    with    |l.'li,-ht 


\   It'll   Ulf   n'l-'.   ;_■■'   ■•  ,     ,  1       _ 

■,..f„ot;    tlirv   rrir.l,   a..l    th'.v   wouM    l>-iy-/     ° 
,  (i.ht  ri^'ht'tluT."  had  not  .n,„,.om'  Mi-»'str.l  tut 

'    ,,1„    Huk    int..    insi^rnitiran.v.      .IoUn     J.  •  k        f 

L.,  wa.  to  tl>.  run.   ,M   putun.  an  .muI  t     t  e 

,!a:,.,.;  ,n  whi.-h   K^lwanl.  In.l  ,.hu-.a    -"-'f;^^ 

Ttrhrhain.  Tl.r  n.--.  ,r,.  n.oral.l-  l.anqu.t  (  ar - 
.ooL.uT  know,:  .n,!-.!  uUh  an  a,ljourumcut 
10  tlie  bar.     IUtuV  Ui.k  to  Jolly  Jack. 


Ii8 


The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


THE  cnuT.  vnoM  -Fin.sco. 

"Tum    cnmti'-    L"niiiL'    to.,    dainneu    moral    for 
n,c.^;.l    nm    l'..-nr   wlH.n   1,..  h..anl   that  the 

ei;^:;.l:r':.f'i.r..n  ti.  onw  of  m.  .om, 

Tie  f.r^t  1-a,  fr-.n  San  Fram-..o  to  \  ulora 
ink  11  "-'■'!'•  Snr  .hd  h.  n-Ay^'\  m  th.  ^aloo. , 
Ih?  .tok'  lu.l.  wa^  In^  l.onu..  -for  on-  w.vk  onl>, 
ami  too  eur>p.l  lonL'."  li"  '>-''!  '"  ^^'X-        .  .    , 

Tint  wa.  how   I'.'w-.nt  .an.,  tu  l.o  m  tho  fiM 

cic"    nav  h...-   in  -aluT  Monl..   tl.o  nan,o  In.  ,'o.l- 
5'tu'r  and  ^o.bnn,!.  r.  uav.  him.      11.'  d.<n.ven 
Jiu     ilor^.tlv    counu-v    ami    ever    attorwards    was 

^"::Th;  horllli..  u>  that  count^ry  w.ro  a.  h^,^ 
c^o^v..••  ho  told  onr  t.nd.Tfoot  who  oan.o  from  N  v 
?ork  hy^^vay  of  Panama,  "and  a^  Hcavon>'en,  th.j 

^'whln'Barkorvillo  ua.  o.tahli.hod  in  tho  far 
T,nr'h  Ilor-Ohv  Hill  L'ot  ill  on  tho  <zround  floor 
""  ''Tho  o's  ono  thin,  1  liko  ahout  tlu.  town  he 
«,i.l  i  Tollv  Jack,  who  was  ,ho  first  Clnof  of  Po- 
IcP  n  Carihoo,  "and  that  is  thorc  are  no  par- 
Ions  horo.  Tho  n.a..n  T  qmt  1- ri^oo  ^yas  that 
there  were  too  many  white  ohokon.  thore. 


^sm^-T 


"^^^mmm 


•i':tr=-^ 


And    Other    Stories. 


119 


V  •  I. 


vopM  l.rit.-r  <:et  r.'a.ly  \n  pn.k  lU'  -^ 
,1  ,l„l!v  .la.k.  '-for  a   i.ai>on  airivr.i 


eaiii, 

oil 


.il:!'  I 


roiii  Valf  t"-<lay. 
did  viT  say,  .la 


\  i.ir-i'ii. 

:     -    ll.llIK'    \VllUi« 


1  a  ^ky  pil'ii 


rack?      And  wliat  ii.  tlu' 
lin"  in  r>arkfr- 


[)!•     I\< 


.„,-  t-.  UK'.     rt'plK 


d  tho  ClM.'f  nf   l'"'.' 


a  t.a 


■1.    ■,.ill   tlliTi 


|„:;r.tv   \"ii  !■"  alw.iv 


^   rrf.-rrin"   ii>  -' 


di-  ihat  l\i)rin'' 
tdik»^ 


;i-jn 


true 


rrli-i"!!  '!"ii  '   r'"  '"" 


!,,-h  111  tli;-  'ii'^l^ 


v;:-.'ili  ur"'iiid 


utile    u> 


1!     IK' 


I    Ul    L-'l' 


on  t'l  soiii«; 


d   Tor  linn,     ^an 


fiiiiii'  'd' 


■11-  r 


ir-nii 


1  chip   in 


s.iOK  all 


w 


ailcii.i:iii,ir  ^'i^' 


1  Dutch  Bill.  \vli.>  ju-t  thm 

,,,,.   ,■!-':!    ^'Tt.    Tin    ^^  i   ll'\n 

i'lirlj,   l.v.iid   a   cinirch."— this 
,„.,'  in  the  direction  ( 


f  Hor>o- 


:e   la 


tier   \vn\ll( 


1  n"t 


-t.iiiil  for  aiiv  liUi 


it 


I,  It         NnliiilCi  d.cllLdlted    til 


th  It 


I    Mill 
til 


re  tll.lll  to  "*•■ 


iver      each 


hill-   a 


|I,  ;it    all. ait    tn 


^    they    wen 
l,c  related,. 


,.  ,\v,.  r.ill-  of  I  an- 
i'mt.  true  comrades 
rinir    the   iiud- 


ave   (lu 


rai-' 


ver 


d  llor>et1y.  "althoufrh 


,,OMer    -pent 

I  ve-av  von  would 


,")(Ht.      replli 

1  it  on  tlie  r.cw  .LMrl  from 


"I'ri-co 


am 


Dutch. 


hut   ril  help 


.to  a  litli 


avin,u'  up 


tn\i.>inv^  in  hoavi-n 


\-\    h-ltllU 


another  live  hun 


('riM!. 


'[.,  il;e  church 


llnancial  lo-  tho  iKir-.n  ]omof 


\ 


t',,.  -roup  at  that  mom 


en 


t.     If  hr  had  >tay 


d  out 


11. e 


■  Miiu'  a 


few  moments  hniil'^r  he  mi 


lid  a  t'uni 


1  of  *lii.(H)0  to  start  liH  m 


lit  have 
th 


ini.-trv  witn 


f' 


two  Bill-  w 


ere  (ic 


•fan  t    L'am 


Id.e  witli  a  par; 


a<l  ''amt' 


;on 


)ort.- 


lookin    on.     PiAK 


1 


H.vMtlv  to  Diit 
Ti,-  u  a 


li,  -so   ni  just  liave  to  rail  yer. 


ddrc's^ing  the  sky  pilot,  ho  said 


\20         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

"Sfrin"  a-  VdiTvc  jii-t  coini'  tn  tIii-=  ciiiiili  nio  nri'l 
Diitili  I'.ill  li.'iv  lia^Vniii-luiKd  !n  -tart  \fr  out  fair 
iiiiil  lia\i'  (LipiM'.l  ill  With  >;l."i'">  apifiv  towards 
:i  (•liiin-h.  \'nv  III.-  If.  I  i]<>u'\  lak"  !ni;<li  truck  in 
Mich  cniiccni>.  l.i;t  I  Mitch  ir  pictiy  far  ;.'miic  on  "cm 
;inil  \nu"rc  \i'T\   U'icouic. 

-l'  ^'laillv  ace.  |it."'  «ai.!  th''  Ic  v.  I'iv,|, ■!•;.!<  Kin;:- 
i](,u\.  "1  liclic^c.  ui,,ii  \oii  -ct  to  know  inc  l)ci- 
tcr  v(Ui  will  he  L'hnl  llic  Mruck'  i-  here  J.cV  ad- 
journ to  thai  siio.iii  ami  drink  lo  it-  >uccc<<. 

"Wrll.  I"ll  he  .'aiiinnl  :"■  ^M-|»'d  Ilnr-ctly  Bill, 
"rarroii."  he  -aid.  a^  he  leaned  o\er  the  liar,  "coiiiit 
on  me  w!ie!;e\.r  ihe  plate  ^'oe-  round.      Here"-  my 

1l(-t    re-Iieet-."" 

\  iitil,.  -iiiii  Iil;e  S;:;.()i>(i  w,\-  nothinu'  in  tlio<<' 
4lavs,  ei  In  r  t-  il-r-etlv  liill  or  to  Dutch  I'.ill,  the 
latter  heiiiu'  the  di-co\er:'r  <if  William-  Creek,  the 
richest  di^'iriiiL'-  •  \cr  found  in  the  world. 

Thus  it  wa-  ili.it  the  Ani^licui  c!eri:yman  made 
fl  proselvte  .d'  llor-eilv  I'.ill.  Willi  Dutch,  tlio  sky 
])ilot  had  nn  <ii!licullv.  lie  had  inherited  ndi^'ion 
from  hi<  nioiher.  ii<  helievd  that  p.irxin.— -of 
■the  ri^dit  -ort  -e\eri  i-<'d  a  L'^od  iiitluencc  on  niin- 
inu'  ramp-.  Tlie  K'ev.  Mr.  Kini'doni  was  sure  nf 
liis  oarne>t  support  fn  tu  the  word  .lT"  and  now  had 
oiilisted  the  ,eo,„l  oill,e<  of  llor>etlv  Hill,  who  was 
<lispo-fd  to  ^'ive  the  par.-on  every  opp(jrlunity  to 
'•make  irood.""  as  In'  put  it. 

No  man  i>  put  i"  a  more  severe  trial  in  a  now 
riinini:  oamp  than  the  tir^t  comer  wlio  wears  "the 
cloth.""'  Fortunaielv  for  the  Church  of  Knixland 
it  had  in  Mr.  KinLrdom  n  man  of  muscle  a.*  well 
ii*  mind,  an  Oxford  L'raduate.  who  eouhl  n>o  his 
fists  to  advantage  and  make  hi:?  education  of  prac- 


And    Other    Stories. 


121 


ii    ,1  viilur  to  (iflirr-;.      11"^  (juiikly  prnvpfl  tr»  Ix'  tlio 
]i_i  I   111,111   I'm-  iV-irls<'r\illr,  ami  ln'  hail  hl^  part  in 


iiiL'  t'.i'  I'lih"  -crKi'.i'  I]'. 


arrrl  liiat  i'mt 


•  li-i  urli'il 


I','      tU' 


,i'   Canli'io.      ll    ua-    th^'   "luw    ^ir 


will)    iMIl-ril     thi'     'U'l     lUillllU 


km 


t!:,il   l'ainnu>  I-  rati.L'i'iiiiiit.    l.ni' iia    ilanl)    \\as  lnT 


I, .1:1.1    ill 


Caliln  ma.  luil  in 


M-v  lit  tin'  iMrth- 


,-i    ^.,1,1  <Miii|i  -111'  i>  kimwri  .ally  iiv  tln'  tillf  that. 
11  ■-  :K  I'.i'l  L'.n.-  hi  r. 

■•T'l'  William-  Civik  iiiimT-  aiv  lakiiiu'  mit 
.■iil.'MiH  a  ui.'k."  l.iMvlia  ha-l  r.  :rl  in  tl.r  San  Fran- 
,.-,.,  Ihnil'l.  "Miaii'V  N  almn.lanl."  win'  on  the 
;i.',  ..iiiit  (,f  ihi'  mw  p.hl  ti.'li!-.  -LMnihlin^^  .imi  dis- 
-•.,;. in  ni'  all  kiml.-  pi  i'M  'lav  .iv.ii  ni.'h.t." 

•|•^;ll  ,'i-i  i.lril  l.mvlia.  W!..  -v  i!i"i;.aiii>n  twisted 
^  .  ua-  l.nuiiil  In  !>!■  a  (jUii  n.  N.itun'  intcniit'd 
'' .  r  I'T  a  lilV  aninni:  tlir  waiiliai.  Ju.-t  a-  -hf  fash- 
11:-  I'lhia--  who-.-  niitirrahlr  nii--inn  i.-  \<>  In'  ^'f^'^d 
! -1;-.  w  Ivrs  luul  thi'  tni  ihrr-  nf  l,ir,i:<'  rami'ic-.  In 
r::r.  li'.'urc  anil  trmirnrv  i.nrriia  Ilai-.ly  was 
M  irki'l  I'Ut  a-  a  rul.-'-  of  rarnll.-  Ii^'hl  rrv-lry.  Slu> 
jiikiil  u\>  laT  (lrr--r>  ami  ji'Wi-U  ami  inail'"  for 
(  .ifili'in  a^  haslilv  a.-  im—ililr.  I'lulurniL'  i-nn-iilt^ra- 
!■'■■  hanl-hip  hv  tlu'  uay.  which  -lir  ilctiTniiii'.-il  to 

■■-■!  iiv  a  pihliai  liarvr.-t. 

It  liid  no:  taki'  .Inlly  .Tai  k  Inrii:  to  dt'ciilc  tliat 
'•■■■II'  i:;rl  t'limi  ■I'"ri.-(n"'"  uiuiM  h.'  a  lian^'iT  In  the 
■J  >i\  rani|).  'riicy  wiM-c  i!i-ri;--!n,i:  Ii'T  in  a  saloon 
a  :\'\v  ihr.-  aftor  ilu'  aiTival  of  thi-  sky  jiilot 

••  I'hi'  tlcsli  ami  till'  iMiTow  [latli  arrivi-il  on  tiie 
^'..l.'t•  I'rotn  Yal".'"  said  the  li.irirmli'r,  as  he  placcil 
a  huitlo  of  MiidsnnV  I'.ay  nun  m  front  of  tlu'  ("biff 
<f  I'nliiv.  "Cariboo  'I'liin  (lla'  -taL'c  driver  for 
ikniou)  -Hid  she  tried  her  ber-t  'o  make  a  nnv-.li  of 


122  The     Dashing    Sally     Duel 


Die  par^nti  on  ih''  w.iv  up  aiiil  tliaf  -lir  lia-  tlip 
l(ia(r(.<(   (iiitlil   ('(   -tnt  kiiiL's   ln'  f\rr  ~au."" 

"Shf'.-  ii  ii'i;iilar  cnikiT  for  lonk-."  n'mirki'l 
•Iiilly  .Fiick.  "Iitit  -!'i''ll  (a\i-t'  a  kit  >>{  (ii-tiirli.nict' 
of  thf  l/iii'rir>  |M',i('.  or  I'm  not  thr  (Im-f  of  I'u- 
!ico."  Jai'k  \\a-  |iroiii|  of  Ih'iiii:  -iTvaiit  of  tlic 
(^iii'«'ii  ami  ua-  nnalik'  to  p'-i-t  •!ra;.'u'iiiL'  li'T  '•'''' 
Maji'-tv's  iiainr   inlo  hi,-  coiixrr-'al  ion   wIpii'M'r  .iii 

<l|)|lo|-I  nilll '.     imTi  T'    ;.       "Slir"-    -it     ,lll     till'    liM\-    J'mI- 

oiis  ii!rcai!\."  i'  ;i'!i!<'il.  "ami  -ln''-;  l'oi  U\>-  lifttir 
cvi'ii  of  .liiii  l'i;_'!i  n|)  at  Ihl'i'r"-  i-liii::.'"  (1m!- 
IcrV  lia-  ill''  ri»-ii!  for  a  ".' l-l:oiir-"  ri'tiirii  in  Cari- 
l»o(i,  s;;<i(i.ntiii  !,,i\iiiL:  1..TI1  takiii  out  of  it  in  t!i,it 
tiijK'. ) 

"You'ro  ui'ii.'  tlurt'."*  -ai'l    I'i;I.-h    \).\\;  "it  u.i* 

Jim    wlio    Lol    till     lii'ttrr    of    lirr." 

"Unt  -k''  jii~i  -iio\\((!  ini'  tln'  tiioii-aii'l  dollars 
slic   L'ot    I'roni    ill'-  claim."    protc-ti'il    .Jark. 

"She  lia-ii'l  k'aiil,  \i't.  Iiou  it  mi','Mt  liavc  !>r.  n 
$1. '••<).  Imt  .Inn  v.a-  too  >!nart  for  iii'r.""  churk''''! 
Dutch  I'.ill.  "S.  t  "iin  up.  liarkccp.  am!  I'll  tell  voii 
liow  lie  lihl  it.  ^'ou  MO  it  ua-  tlii-  way.  Sk.' 
quickly  u'ot  on  i.i  tlic  t:ainc  of  a^kiiiL'  to  lie  taken 
<l(nvn  thf  >!iaft.  ^'ou  know  what  that  mcau'^. 
Sho  didn't  tal^c  more  than  a  minute  to  tumhle 
to  the  fact  that  when  a  .L:al  e-oe-  down 
into  a  mine  she  alv.ay,-  iri'ts  what  comr-  in  tlio 
fir-^t  pan.  Some  women  lia\e  made  little  fortums 
on  that  lay.  Still  she's  such  a  h"aut  that  all  the 
feller?  wanted  the  honor  of  lakiiiLT  her  ilown.  Slie 
stood  hack  and  \v(eald  not  make  a  choice.  'Von  can 
tiirlit  it  out.'  she  .-avs,  sniilinir  .«we<'!lv.  .\nd.  von 
liet.  there  would  have  heen  the  finest  kind  of  a 
;senip   riirht   there   had   not   Jim   shoved    his    way 


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123 


throufrh.  and.  hi-iii;:  the  fnnTii.in,  no  'in(>  cduM  nii- 
ji ct  wlifii  111'  (iiri'i>  lii-  arm.  ijiiiti'  |inlitf.  tn  tin'  ;:irl. 

Jliui     SIV.-.     'Allnw     nir."        Allil     -111'     alliiWiil.         l"r\V 

\M'iiu'ii  laki'  tlir  tii)iil)li'  In  ii-i-t  .liiii.  Ill-  ha-  iho 
way  with  tlinii  tluit  i  !ia.!  wlicn  I  was  \niiM-.r. 
liiit  .litii  ir-  u-.'d  to  liir  -iirt.  Ilr  [iiiqin'-.-lv  .IhI 
lint  ,L'"  to  what  h"  thipii;;ht  ua.-  t!ii'  rn  hrst  u'riniinl, 
thiiii;:h    hr    fniiiul    otit    a    iVw    iiiiiiuti-   afiiT,    lliat 

lie    lliailr    a    lltllf    llli-takr.        Ilr    t|-|r(l    a    in  U     jiirn- 

ami  was  mi.L'htily  a>liiiii.-hiil  whiii  hi'  iiii'hTtnok 
to  wa.-h  it.  .\t  thf  llr-t  -hak.'  nf  thr  [laii  ihi-  lT'iM 
shows  (III  thi'  siirl'ari'.  .lim  tiniih!r-  at  om v  ami 
i:laiici'.<  -wil'llv  at  Lirdia.  .\ml  rvni  uhili'  :4lif 
uas  -niiliiii:  at  him.  hi'  coiitrivi'ii  to  -rii.i|i  mit  -oini* 
of  the  vi'How  into  till'  w.iiiT  iiriv.  ()!;,  vi .,  hf"s  a 
slick  hill.  Ill'  i-  ijiiirk  aiiil  (!r\i  r  i-  .lim.  ami  not 
ioo  niiirh  ol'  a  lailir-"  man  ihiriiiir  luisini-^  hours. 
'I  lif  iii'Xt  shakr  of  tho  ji.in  iiiiro\,'iri|  ni'irr  nf  th»? 
stufT  ami  a  wholi-  jnt  of  i.',il,i  w.  nt  into  lln>  watiT 
)ioli'  apiin.  At  iln'  thinl  -liakr.  Jim  -fis  that  there 
was  littlo  irravil  miviij  \ulh  tliat  ['.in  of  ;:ol(l.  so 
111'  t'oiulmlrs  to  siniij)  (lilt  somi'  mori'.  This  was 
not  tno  (Msy  ri;.'lit  iiinliT  my  l;!ily"s  cy.'.  hut  Jim 
founil  a  way.  The  witi  r  w.i-  miuldy  ami  he  gave 
the  pan  a  vicions  whirl  aini  ht  it'  fall  iyto'the 
water.  It  was  ea>y  then  for  him  to  ^.'^^  rid  of  a 
lot  more  gold.  When  he  hroiiu'ht  the  pan  to  the 
surfatf  all  eyes  were  intently  gazing  at  the  eon- 
tents  and  Jim  conlihrt  hide  it-  riehne-s  anv  lunger. 
So,  as  polite  as  if  he  wep'  in  .lyde  I'ark,  he  turu3 
to  T/irelia  and  says: 

"'Miss  Hardy,  will  you  do  mo  the  honor  to 
aeeejit  this  pan  as  a  memento  of  your  visit  to  the 
Diller  claim !'' 


124 


Dashinj;    Silly     Duel 


'•She  rc[iliii!.  pri'tty-!iki  :  'Tliank  you  so  murh, 
Mr.  l'ii;.'li.  It  will  ii!ii''<.|  |irnvi'  a  pl'ii-atit  ri'nicni- 
l)rari(>'.'  AikI  ■'im  -iin!'-.  ralhiT  Mikly-!ik<'.  for 
llinv  wa-  a  thnii- iimI  (Im',!;!!'-  in  tlu'  pan  if  tlitTO 
wa-  fniir  l.it.».  \1i--  ll.iriiv  lak.-  tlif  j».iil  to  tlio 
linli  1.  wIhtc  till-  _'-!  !  u;i-  t'.iurni  \n  wri;;li  jii-t  -ixty 
4>iiii...-.  nicaiiMiL'  -!•'•  ^"it  *l.'iMi  fnr  that  aftor- 
iiooii".-  vi-it  tn  th.'  hiM'  r  -liaft.  Wliilc  Lon-lia  was 
ailininiii,'  liiT  liaiil.  .'ini  wa-  M'<)n[iiiiLr  mit  tin'  \va- 
ItT  li'ilf  am!  the  air  wa-  ^uliiliupiii-.  In'  wa-  swrar- 
in^'  that  lianl.  li'  paiiu"!  th-'  ;r"lil  in  the  wator 
hiiTc.  aiui.  I>"V-.  he  L"il  *"<•<•.  'I'hal'-  tin-  ri'corJ 
fnr  '[MHir  iliil,'  I'm  w  illin_'  ti>  hi  t." 

'I'hi'  kiiii.'ht.'r  ul.irh  ar"-.'  at  ihi-  <allv  was  cut 
plmrt   hv   llMr-.!l\    Hill  f\claimini:  in  ati_'rv  tonrs: 

"Ami  do  \.iii  III.  ill  In  -ay  tlial  ymi  -toud  hy  wliilo 
tlial  jii-nr  L'irl  «a-  r.^hhul  i>f  sTiKt?  'I'haiV  tin'  first 
mean  tri(k    I'm'   l.ii""n  ytr  to  do  all   thr  (hiys   I 

lia\i'  IhtII   ]>;\\<  W  Itil   vou." 

hutch  I'.illV  tim|»r  lila/cd  at  that,  "'riio  man 
who  (■iill<  in''  111.  ,111  1-  a  daiiiiicl  liar."  hr  cxclaimod, 

'I'hf  lie  liad  !).•'  II  IM--.1!  ami  l"..-  ( .  ■  .'i  sio.-ni  h.irk 
to  irivc  the  two  111.11  room,  hulih  Hill  landed  a 
vicion.-  l.fl  on  Il.ir-i  lly'.-  nos.'.  tapping  the  claret, 
while  .lollv  Jack  .li-crVctly  hmkcd  tlic  other  way. 
The  inixup  was  lik.ly  to  hecnme  hot  when  the 
pardon  >!.'pped  lietwecn  the  two  inm. 

"Keep  awav.  par-.. II.  or  not  an.ithor  cent  do  you 
pet  from  me  ifor  your  church."'  cried  Dutch  Bill. 

"l)on"t  come  m.'ildlinL'  here,  jiarson."'  called 
ILu-senv  !)ill.  "or  you  are  liahle  to  ro^Tct  it." 

lint  the  Kev.  ^Ir.  Kinirdoni  was  not  to  !)e  put 
off  thus  ca^ilv.     lie  continued  to  dodge  in  between 


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125 


til'-  iwo  a^  tiicy  tiicil  (11  '^v[  ai"uiiil  liiin  ainl  lii-« 
|H'i>i-«lt'ii(r  w.iii.  miuli  t<  tlio  ili.«^Mi-t  uf  M  \(T:;I  »if 
ilif  InaftT  class  (if  iiiiinTs,  wlio  likfil  iiDtliiii;;  lict- 
U'T  than  tlii>  falliii;:  (ait  iHtwctii  tlic  Iao  liilN. 

"Well.  I'm  ^rniiiix  over  to  settle  witli  .Inn  I"  ex- 
claitiK'd  H.ir^dly  I'.ill. 

*'V<)U  liavcu't  far  to  <:it.  Mill,"  .-aiil  .'ii.,,  as  !u' 
Ftf'pjM'd  fiiit  (if  a  ;:rniij>  nf  iniiicrs.  ".\ii\  lliiii;,'  I 
eaii  (Id  for  vmi  !'*"  lie  a:-kiil  with  a  sii''''i -stive  hut- 
loniri;;  uj)  of  his  cdat. 

"Yes,   I'd  like  Null  to  hand  o\cr  to  Mi-j  Hardy 

tliat    $:<)<»  yull    hlV     hrlup^'ill;;   to   Ikt." 

Jim  >niiicc|. 

"Can  you  j.'i\('  tuc  any  nal  rca-on  wliy  I  >liould 
pay  your  ddits  of  i.Mllaiitr\  ?""  1k'  iniimrcd. 

It  had  not  >!ru(k  the  iiiiinccnt  niiiiin;,'  kin;,'  that 
nny  outra^^cous  con-lrui  tinn  would  Iw  plaictl  on 
Iiis  chaniijioii-liiit  of  the  fair,  hut  l'ui;li"s  word.-. 
broii;:lit  him  to  his  .-ciiscs. 

"Ycni'rc  ri;:ht.  Jim;  I'm  a  damned  fool  to  wear 
my  heart  on  my  slccvi',"  s;ii,|  |i,.,  "1  a>k  your  |).;r- 
don,  hut  as  for  tlii'  man  »vl;i)  (ailed  me  a  liar,  I'll  lic 
even  with  him  yet."  With  whidi  final  outbiir>-t 
Iforseilv  souL'ht  the  alhirin;;  xxiety  of  the  ";,'irl 
from  'Friseo"  and  hiiii  i!f  tin  le  Uj)  .;,.  $TnO  that 
e):oul(l  have  heen  hers  Inid  she  heen  driven  all  that 
came  in  that  pan  from  hiller's.  Meanwhih'  the 
camp  watclied  and  waited  fur  the  next  move  in  the 
feud  of  the  Hills. 

And  the  eamp  did  not  have  Ion;:  to  wait.  That 
niglit  the  men  met  in  the  har  uf  the  Cleveland 
Hotel.  The  only  e\iu>e  for  Ilorselly  I'dU's  netion 
on  that  eelelirated  occasion  was  that  he  was  very 
druuk,  not  too  far  gone  m  his  cups  as  to  he  un- 


m 


126         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

able  to  fight,  but  too  intoxif.it(Hl  to  roinenibor  Uiat 
tliere  art"  rulrs  of  hf>nor  and   dwcncy   that  havo 
to  bo  remernbcrca  fYtii  in  a  mincrV  camp  scrap. 
He  threw  Dutch  Bill  to  the  Hnnr  and  <<A/.nv^  Imii 
bv  both  ears  pound.d  lii^   Ium'I   a-ain^t  the   floor 
ti'll  the  latter  was  ^cn-^cK-s.     It  was  two  months 
before  Dutcli  Bill  cnul.l  be  pronouncd  out  of  (hin- 
der and  all  that  tinic   ll.,rscl1y  wa-^  in  the  cliar^re 
of  .Tolly  Jack.  drea.iin,<r  .'vrry  day  that  lie  would 
bave  to  an-wer  to  the  char^re  (d'  murder.     When 
Dutch  F)ill  j-'ot  around  aj,'ain,   llorsidlv  was  taken 
before  Cliicf' .Tu-tico   B.-hic     Accordinu'  to   Brit- 
ish Columliia  law.  the  prisoner  was  .umv.u  the  op- 
tion of  a  spcedv   trial   hrfor.'   tin'  judpe  alone,  or 
of  having  his  ca'~r  -rut  up  to  t!ir  next  a>-i/..;>    when 
a  jurv  would  rmd-r  the  wrdict.     The  Chirf  Jus- 
tice took  flal.orat.'  pain-^  to  rxphiln  ihe  two  ninh- 
ods  to  Ilorsellv  Bill  and  concluded  thus: 

"If  von  are  innoCMut.  I  would  advise  you  to 
take  a  ^'pcedv  trial  iMl'ore  a  judge,  because  be  know-j 
the  tricks  oi"  the  ra-^e;dlv  lawyers  an.l  wdl  >ee  that 
vou  get  a  fair  tri:d  ;  but  if  you  are  -udty.  by  all 
means  go  before  a  jurv.  the  body  is  usually  com- 
posed of  fools.  X(,\v  whieb  course  do  you  decide 
iipon?"  To  His  Lordship's  gre.it  amu.Mment, 
llorscflv  Bill  instantly  replied: 
"I'lrtake  a  jurv  trial." 

In  due  course  the  ease  war  called  at  the  assizes 
and  a  big  crowd  of  miners  sweltered  in  the  log 
hut  called,  bv  court.^sv.  a  law  court.  For  a  vera- 
cious account  of  the  trial  it  is  only  necessary  to 
reproduce  the  interesting,  if  ungrammatical  re- 
port of  the  Barker\ille  Gazette,  as  follows: 


And    Otlicr    Stories. 


127 


'•^\ 


V  nro  williiu 


I0  l)(  t   that  l;i>t   <"r.l  of  \vn<i.l 


TPOClVt'i 


I   111  lieu  <il   cM'l!  ^11 


li-crintiMii   tn  this  ii 


ri'ist 


aiiiilv  journal 


ll.al  Cliicf  .lu.-ti 


I 


iI'I'IjU' 


I'cis  as 


IIUH 


1  as  a  halti>r  this  niornin 


!'■   iurv  tiiriii 
im   down   in  tlin'  shapo  in  tho   Hill   assault  cm 
\r.-tonUiv.      It  was  a  uivat  day   fnr  ih.;  uiuvi>.nnH 


1  lu^ 


tliougl 

to  covor  tl 

jihur  color 


Lonlshi})  di.-tributrd  wiu'u'ii 


whole   c-o 


urt  room   with   a   lovi'ly 


ILTS    OIlUll'M 


.ul 


lirst    witni'r-s   tailrd 


uas    Dutch 


M  !:o('  with  half  an  «'v.'  that 


liill.  and  the  jurv  cou 
lie  did   not  want   his  old   })al   convu-trd.      lie  saiu 
l-oM  hfMMi  hurt  in   fair  ii-ht  and  tli'Te  \va-  no  ku;,'- 

jtcd  while  he  lav  on 
'l:k(^ 


>lion 


tliat  h 


Iiad  ocen  a- 


all 


the  ^rrouiK 
nullini.'  sou 


the 


1.  at   lea-',   not   from   him.      It   wa 


,.,_ nd  teeth  to  mak.>  him  say  that  Mane  of 

l)ovs  who  ha<i  witne.-M-d  the  ll<rhl  had  >aid  that 
head  had  hfen   pounded   on   tho  irround.     H 


'::'j:<'i\  th(>  (■■urt  to   reii 


lem 


iher  that   surh   e\ idene 


^  ho  liini>elf  liad   not   se.  n   the  as- 


v,a~  valueless,  a 
sault,  not  heinji  in  a  conditiuii  to  notic* 
i>  tlip  right  i^ort. 
"Then   thev 


It. 


Dutch 


furn 


iTot  JolK-  .Tack  in  the  box  and  ho 
f  tho  sensations  of  the  day.     He 


■an 


eioS( 
ni: 


ished   one  o - 

1   he  hapnened   to   he   standing   in   tho   shadow, 

:,>  to   Lor'elia   llardv  and    nors<'fly  Bill  on  tho 

ht  of  the  fiLdit  and  had  heard  tho  woman  pay 

hi  to  sock  it  to  Dutch  Bill  for  calling  In 


le  ouc 


a  har  am 


mi 


...  c.d  also  for  hacking  up  Jim  I'ugh  in  keej)- 

im:  back  tho  $700  from  Diller's  claim  that  was  hers 

its.      'She   was   a   common    nuisance,   that 

p;)v«  .Tack,  'and  ought  to  have  been  in  the 


by    rig 
woman. 


:ht> 


box  in  the  place  of  the  prison* 
cause  of  the  disturbance  ' 


r,  for  she  was  tlie 


r^    wx     HIV     VI »    «  VI 1  -.^ -  - 

One  of  them  cocksure  lawyers  from  the  coast 


128         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

cret<  up  at  tliis  moment  and  t.ll^  Jack  he  liad  no 
bu-^in..  =  to  make  .uoh  assertion,  in  <;nurt  he  should 
know  b..tt.r.  as  cl.irf  of  police.  Ti>e  htle  lawyer 
man  lui.l  l.-n  n.^icr-l  to  be  swot  on  the  Lo.el.a 
,rirl  I'.ut  .la.k  rrp...;^  bis  ob^.rv.ition  and  as  he 
concludes,  -huks  l,i-  head  rap.dly  A  revoKer 
,hot  ran-  out  an.l  dark  was  os.r  the  v .  ne.^  ho.v 
likealla.l>ofpv.,M.dli,htnin::andhad.^dh,rd 

,,,,„,  r.lU,-  who  was  makin.  a  1 '";"    "J/''* 

,lnor  Tliat  wa:^  tlie  fir.-t  time  an,  one  had  dared 
shooi  in  a  Rri'id.  Columbia  law  c^urt  and  were 
willin-  to  bet  all  .uu-  paid  up  subscriptions  it  11 
be  the  la«t,  for  alnm-t  hefore  the  smoke  had  cleared 
awav  fhief  .Tu^lire  IVL'hi-'  had  sentenci^d  that 
voum-  feller  to  lift-.^n  years.  And  serve  him 
Vi.ht?  'l-he  maje^ty  of  the  law  must  be  upheld. 
But  it  was  a  "l-'-e  ^liave  lor  Jolly  Jack.       _ 

"The  preaiher  was  the  next  man  to  ell  Ins  lit- 
tle tale  The  IJeverend  Kichard  is  a  tall  man  and 
tbe'sw.-at  boxi^  -v;it  wasn't  hudt  f^J  '"'^yf 
his  height.  1'  sprawls  over  the  side  cf  the  box 
nanawkwar.  wav.  The  Chief  Justice  doe.n  t 
like  the  skv  pilnt.  -Stand  up.  sir,'  he  roars  at  hun, 
!v::u  act  like  a  sausage  .kin  tiUed  with  water 'e- 

in''  in  court,  his  reverence  eouhl  not  recent  tliat 
c  rt   of   lamiun.ire.   hut   he",   a  _preft^    ,.ood   sl.njrrT 
„f  hot  talk 'himself,  and  there  >  those  that  say  the 
eacher  will  make  the  rhicf  Ju^tu-e  i.'!  the  keei 
ILe  of  his  tongue  Avheu  he  jiet^  into  the  pulp. 
Sundav.     We're  .'oing  to  make  the  ">''n>t>o"    hj^ 
proves"  the  rule  and    «ro  to  churcn   next  Sabhath 
There  inav  be  Join-.     But  the  sky  p.lo     didn  t 
1     .;  mudi  that  w..  inlerctin.  to  telL     'Did  you 
^G  the  prisoner  sandbag  the  other  man?'  the  Chief 


And    Other    Stories. 


129 


Justiro  n«k-   him.     '1    « 


!i(>  rr|.lM' 


Inril 


thi-  i-asr.  <i 


ar  Ji> 


rniui 


"lie    iiar-iiii    \ 


\  ll(T(.' 

kiiMW. 
ell.  'w*' 


lur.'t  nn.l.T^taixl   you.  my 

Ijron  no  ^an(lba.u';-'iIl.e  in 

'So  far  a^  v'm  kii'isv.' 

li.  that  is  iKi't  iinu'i!.  is 

all    Ilif' 


lllllH  I-    Wi'Mi 


T>    \Vl 


tlio 


Ills    li'inittT    a  111 
-amlhaL'  wa-  iIiml;.:! 


fnr.      I'.Kt   that   iii-truiiicnl    -uk-k 


.1  in 

1,'iriMiip 


•  lav. 


!(1!1  t     let     It    Oi 


cciiinn  T    I 


t    of  ill-   li'M'l    '''■"■ 


t.h   r.ill  liad   ii"t   iH'oii 


kit  with  a  saii 


tWr.V^. 


charu'i'l    ^iriiii': 


[\    ill    ta\"r    " 


f    a    ffinviitinii    a; 


tiriniLTii 
to  his  'li' 


t  in  that  -iii< 


-t.  k;it  to  the  <!• 


!i.     (In. HIV 


pirv 
(lid'   it 


irnUL'lit   m   a  M'TiI 


;ira.trr,i|i!i 
:ht  of  ti'.o  oainp.  t'. 
•XiU  C.r.iltv."     Tl 


lirca'l-i' 


;)\ltcll      l.ll 


.VHl'Mlii'      !>: 


irV 


acticaliv 


amoiiiitfii  \<> 


1  t. 


a  ri'Mt'' 


-!  t..  take  that  ai'Iion. 


|,..,ull  .Ihln-t   t:,kc  ;kr  \.:'lict^in  -on, 


1  part. 


Tho  ch: 


.Ii>t- 


\\--.,     ^'IClM-lli 


■r-S    \V1 


til     n'L'f^. 


11 


niaiK' 
rci-oviTi'il 


110  (  tl'nrt  to  Imli' 


:nir-. 


\Vh''n  he  hail 


-\lillcic!ltlV   to   -iirilK 


^llOUtfil 


i^  that  your  \_i 
'Vcs.  my  hinl." 
'Sn  ~av  ,\ou  all 
'So  >av  we  all. 
riio    iti*h_'<'   >'iio'. 


iTolic-  till'  lorcnian. 


ihrV    K'p 


k-d. 


,'r-V 


w  1 1 


liaml  and.  a-iin  .-k.ont.M 


1. 


h    hi-    chMi 
k 


h^^il 


that  is  vour  wr 


(IK 


t.  not  nuiK^ 


IcnirmhtT,  pauk'nifii, 
Vou  niav  ^'o;  ycni 


inav  j:') 


'I'll, Ml  turiunix 


'Vou  aro  (lisciiiM.r<'n 


(U't  out  of  my  si-iit  as  ([Uuk 


tn  ilnrsctly  I'.ill;  h''  says: 

ro  (li-eharm'd. 

An<l, 


nri-oiiiT ;  vol!  a 


V  as  v(ni  i-an. 


von,  nii-<T( 
dl 


ant.  niv  nr 


■t 


1    sandbajr   am 


Ivicp  to  vou   is  that  you  p 
•      It     in 


1    sandhap   thn-c    jurymf 


ightv  certain  that  tin- 


Chief  Justice  had  sand- 


nuplity 

ba"  on  the  brain  vesterday.  1     ri  . 

'■There  was  a  jollification  at  the  Cleveland  after 


I30         The    Da'-.hlng    Sally    Du< 

il,..  trirl    aii.l  a  tuiicliin-  iiu-i.lrnt  orciirrrd.     Hutch 
1^,11    uns   l.avin-  a   .!ri;ik   Wnm    H"rMi.y   appars 

„v..r  tnhi-.l«l  I'al.an.l  sav-  M  tako  it  all  Lack, 
Hill  l..t-s  ].<■  hirivh  a-a.n;  That  ornory  cu.->^ 
ll,„;c.tlv  -rt^  a  ^u^|.;^inus  nu.t  l^pforo  his  eyes, 
.av«  !,<■  n.a.lc  a  Ml  .1  .lamncd  l.ra.t  of  IniuM.  f, 
;„;.l,,  l,P,n.,khisnM  ,MraVl:an,l.  cnr.nnt  otle 
l,„v^  to  Hn.'  up.  Ti-iv  uas  a  run  on  ;:no,i  li-iu.-r 
Mt'th.  l.ar  that  iii-ht.  Wc  ou.u'lit  to  kiv.w.  because 
our  n.w  r.^nrt-r  la-  not  h.vn  s.vn  sin.c  He  s 
:i  trn.hM-fnoi  rrnin  the  Ka^t  an.l  ha.n  t  got  ac- 
cliiuati/i'ii." 

Tho  scnu'I  to  tlio  fena  of  tli«  two  -.1;'.  kinp  of 
Canhoo  IS  al-o  rrmnh.l  in  th.  inu-ty  fi.s  ot  the 
Gazrilr.  A  f-^v  day-  lat.,T  it  contaiiu'd  ihc  fol- 
ln\vin.tr  notice: 

"The  Hevcrcnd  F rc.lorick  Kinploin  yc>torflay  of- 
fu'iat.Ml  at  o,u>  of  tho.-c  ploasaitt  cnvmonic.  that 
i„akc  two  foit.1  li.aits  beat  a.^  ono  Mi-  l>'"^lia 
irmlv  became  Mrs.  Jim  I'ugh,  an.l  tho  two  parts  of 
the  J')iller  pan  came  together.  Tho  liappy  couple 
took  the  .ta-e  for  Yale  en  route  to  San  Francisco. 
Jim  looked  like  a  miniature  Woolwich  arsenal  be- 
cause lio  had  treasure  of  two  kir.Js  to  look  a  tor. 
There  is  a  gr<'at  dearth  of  old  gumboots  in  Barker- 
ville  now." 

Seoin-  tlio  hand  tlie  parson  had  in  this  romance 
it  was  iUtin-  that  th,o  very  la?t  feature  was  added 
in  his  ^'hurch.  Tho  following  Sunday  an  unusually 
lar.re  eou-re-ation  assembled.     But  the  pulpit  was 
occupied  by' a  visitor.     He,  not  to  disappoint  the 


And    Other    Stories. 


131 


minor:^.  rofcrred  to  the  scone  in  court  an.l  d. - 
n  mur.l  the  Chief  .lu.ticc  for  lii^  h.n;:u..^v  toward, 
Tp    tlcn.H,  who '^va.  hut  dnin<' Ins  duty  n>,Mvmj: 

h;!:ovid...uoinord,rly   fa=h>un        l^"'  "^^^  n   i 
,h;,l  ,1,(.  K,n-.  Mr.  Kinj:d.m.  w.uihl  occui'V  the  inil- 

iiil  at  the  evening;  scrvict'. 

'    The  men  who  l>ad  made  hcts  as  hwho.ky  pilot 

a    Uohmd    fur  his   Oliver   were 


.'ixiuK  the  .Uid;:e -  . 

..nsphuous  in  the  church  that  evcungMr    K. i^ 
don '  pnached  a  very  aide  -cru.on  on  char  t      h 

},.  ,„;,lo  no  refen'uce  to  a  'Vausa^zo  skin  idled  with 
water-  It  wa=  a  diKiiT""""'!  enn-re^ation  that 
listened  to  Idin  pronnuncin-  the  hened.ction.  but 
^hcu  he  w.und  no  -itlu  "And  Cod  hless  tho:* 
^ho  have  lost  their  hets  this  night, '  merriment 
was  unrestrained.  There  was  a  record  collection 
at  tlic  door. 


132         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 


XEWSrAPKIl  CIIOST  THAT  WAT.KS. 

TuFiiF.  arc  iiincs  win  n  the  '"^'lioH"  docs  not  walk 
on  Anu-rican  nm^  (';in;i<lian  country  wcoklios.  There 
is  ciu  of  tho-;^  \v(M  klirs.  liowovfT,  tlui^  ha^  a  },'ho>t 
walking  all  tlio  time  The  pay-day  vision  is  al- 
uavs  wt'lcoMio ;  thi^  nihcr  jrhost  is  a  nuisance — but 
ho 'won't  he  lai.l.  Tlic  i.llicc  that  he  inhabits  is 
tlial  of  the  Kaniloop-;  Stamlnnl.  Kamloops  is 
called  the  Inland  t'ai)ital  of  British  Colunibia, 
and  is  on  tlie  main  liiu'  of  the  Canadian  Paciiic 
]Jailway.  Two  hii:  riwrs  join,  or  loop.  to<:ether 
tliere.  and  that  is  whv  the  Indians  called  the  place 
],;.i,„i,,„ps_or  rather"  tliat  is  the  Kngli.-h  pronun- 
ciation of  the  cni,'no!n<ii.  IJedskins  abound  around 
Kandoops,  and  th.Mf  is  more  than  a  suspicion  that 
the  j:ho.-t  of  the  :<lnniliinl  oilice  is  that  of  a  native. 
It  i's  a  wonder  that  there  are  not  more  ghosts 
around  Kami  jops,  for  that  place  was  the  scene 
many  years  ago  of  a  sanguinary  battle  between 
Hudson's  Bav  Company  servants  and  t)ie  redmon. 
Bur  that  is  anothiT  .-tory. 

Curious  to  relate,  the  place  where  the  Stand- 
ard now  gets  out  weekly  used  to  be  the  business 
house  of  the  U.  B.  C.— magic  letters  among  In- 
dians even  to  this  day— and  that  company  did  a 
nourishing  business  there.  Many  is  the  big  deal 
and  the  erafiv  barter  its  old  rafters  have  seen, 
and  the  editor"  of  the  Standard  wistfully  says,  that 


And    Other    Stories. 


133 


tho  chink  of  .ilvor  nn.l   ^^  ^^-'\  "\  f^^'^^^ 
^va.  more  often  hoanl  m  tli...<'  gnod  oU\  <1  }>      ; 
it  U  now      W    W.  Clarko  i>  tl.e  .Mht-^r.  an-!  M m-h 
In^halo^L  the  nitnluo  dollar  i.  w;..Wtul   ,0 

Winld,  he  has  com.'  to  the  concluMon  that  no  nun 
Tuade  a  millir-  out  of  a  (ountry  i-apor 

But   Mr.   Clarke   i-    father    pmud   nf   tho   ,  n- 
He  .ays  all  good  families  Itave  a  spook,  and  ma 
l,ousos  of  note,  there  is  a   .'-'st  to  give  the     hi 
n,:,rk-'    of    ro^peetahilnv.     Tins    "'-r^M-r     am    - 
iar.  however,  lie  ohjeet-  to,  l.eeauso  it  d.n, .  no    U  j 
proper  hours-in  fa.t,  it  kerp^  all  honrs.      hu 
W    aronitd  theoni.^'ins.:>-on_andon    of  ^.MH>^ 

striving  to  make  its  pre-enee  lelt    and     r      g    o 

interosT  itself  in  worldly  a'.Ta.is  m^ tead  nf    enian 

".where    it    pmperly   helnng^.     T.ut     t>.  rt|nps     t 

Ivould  he  well  lo  e'une  to  tlij^  story  at.d  t>nt  unita  0 

the  L'ho-fs  habit  of  wandering.  ,      ,,     , 

ltwasal,outtlfte>.nvearsagothattl.en.;d-ons 

Bav  Con.pany  o.eupie.l  the  store  at.l  pruv>d..d  >n 
it  a  bunk  for  a  man  named   I- ranklin.  >o  that  he 
..ould   be  on   the   premi^..   ^^;l.et>•^ver   somenn.    ^^.H 
wanted.     With   an    idea   that   ,t   was  heaUh\    Mr. 
Franklin  had  his  bed  plaeed  ri.ht  under  a  nM>. lov. , 
and  that  was  the  opportunity  tor  the  ghost  to  v     k 
One  ni"ht  Mr.  Franklin  was  rousod  out  of  a  .oun.l 
sleep  hv  feeling  something  crawling  ovr  hum     1  no 
.onithing  was  so  uncanny,  that,  o    ,    "j';^'/"^''^^ 
did  the  raising  tri.k  and  the  co  d  '•';;' ^J-^      1^ 
ordinary  route  down  hts  spnte.     Ivinaly  r^^^>^ 
while  in  this  nervous  state.  Mr.  Franklin     letained 
his  presence  of  mind."     Uo  seized  a  revolver  froni 
under  his  pillow  and  tumbled  out  of  bed  on  to  the 


134         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

floor.     All   :il.  'I   ai..!  Av.uurA  In  hi^h  t.'n.-inn,  he 
][Mnui[  for    -1h'  kn' ^^  n-t  uliat  ■  .     „- 

„ot  -ini.k  a  li'Jit.  l.iit   m  llu'  .Iivkh.-  !m<  h  uumI 

aloM-MnllH.  a,li....i...'n.oM.-tlir.|oorl....n^'n,,..M 
's,n,utlnn^.rl1l.hnni:-M:MrH.,ltov..lU>u 
hi.  ^^i^.  wa-  lianilv   that  nf  a  .onutiandrr  in  th<, 
front  nfthrl.atll.'.   '  ll^  l'"i"to.l  thr  ^nm  u  lOi  tn  m- 

''V;C';":!;n.,li,ln,,iMopan,n^ranklinruIk^ 
tri',M.r  ■"t1.'  rnon>  .nnrd  \\\WA  with  >n  phurruH 
.MH^;..  hut  wh,  n  n  l.a.l  ;-kan'.l  a.av  tu.ro  ^J.J. 
nn  thn.iv-lkr  tl, ■.!.,_'  ka.l  .li.-a|>i'V^»v,l  a-  if  tht 
".rtiriKuio,,..„,,lan.l>wallow,.,l,t.  ''t  l;;-';^- 
linl.aa  not  uah-.!  h.r  thai  nuan^nt  1  ho  inMant 
,  l'',,^,  ,,,„,  ,;,,.!  ,„.  rn-hra  out  of  the  l.n.hlmK, 
and  in  a  ftvu/.v  nf  oxritoniont.  had  ?ono  to  his 
nonn-t  noi-hhor  an,i  awakrnod  him. 

•>Conu>.     .lui.k.     .lohnny.-     ho     callod     to    Mr 
(TBri.n.  who  liv.d  noxt  door,  '-.oinoono  has  bcca 
trvin-  10  roh  tl'.o  ^toro  and  Tvo  sl'ot  hun. 

•"Don-t  holioxo  von."  i-olurn.d  Johiuiv.  who  rc- 
fu.0,1  to  Kot  oxoiiod  without  n.oiv  "vnlonco  jhaii 
the  alarn.od  n>an  witl,  a  rovolv.T  holow.  ^  ou 
havon-t  shot  anyono.^^you-vo  had  tl>e  nightmare, 
do  baok  to  hod.  man."  .       .,       .   ,   ,.  „ ,. 

"It'^  a  faot  Tin  not  divunin.L'.  cnod  1- rai  k- 
lin  ''I'^aw  tho  man  or  so.nothinp.  Uo  crawlod 
throu'd,  tho  window  ovor  mo  and  tried  to  rob  the 
<oroaiul  I  >h<>t  him.     Do  oonio.  .Tnlnmy. 

So  .T<,hnnv  oanu>  and  with  him  two  r.r  throe  other 
men  who  had  been  attracted  by  the  noise.     Ihc 


And    Other    Stories. 


floor  nf  the  ?Tnr'^  \va^  w 


,1,.  ui><T.,  n-  Franklin 


■fl  It  in  liis  h.i-ty  rxit.  liut   no  nn-\ 


\i 


A  casiial   •:laiu(' 


lor. 


rwav  liial 


Wii-  "D  the 

^.Tiiinl   t"  iii(1it:itt'  to  tlio 

1  had 


imlhiim  uiiu.-\ia 


t.il.i'ii  [ihiif. 


•Look 


icn> 


'  rank 


Ml,    vol 


avi- 


liii 


il-iiii 


ii's   W.w   -piril.-  a.oii.' 


1  !_'o  to  !>f(l  and 

'   ivniarkfil  one  of  thf 


i\-   iir''.-('ii 


I."    ••Vuii  shniiM  >\vrar  n 


ir." 


I"i-aiik!iii   i)rntc>ti' 


that 


,1  lie  hail  the  ni.L'htman'. 


room. 


am! 


(■(1  whric  th<'  iliin 
then  triurinihaiitly  poiii 


how 


lie  \va^  not   dnink  nor 
II.'  went  into  hi>  l^'d- 
had  cPi'I  over  hini 
t.'d  out  I'lood  -tains  oa 


ih."  tloor;  in  fi't.  tii-rr  wnv  [..Mils  o 


f    <'<<V> 


•Aiuh  lliiTr 


hovs.  is  niv  hull'  I.  iin 


iwdtU'd  in  the 


door  po 


^t. 


Ill'  rfiiiarkci! 


This  put  a  nt'w  plia^ 


willi  cap'i'nc-s. 
,>Ti  tlw  iiiar.fr.  l)ut 


on  tln' 


-oa 


rill 


liL'll, 


search   low,   no 


t  a  traeo 


of  a  woundt-'d  num 


cuuld  he  discovi nd. 


•(lut 


Frank 


in  liHM 


d  at  ?onu 


■thinir 


•r  a 


ml  hit  it, 


pan 


d  another  of  the  men, 


unt.'ss  he's  putting  up  a 


1)  on  u 
Franl 


truth. 


klin  protested   that  ho  had  told  the  gospel 
'l„.n.-s  the  hulk't.  and  thero  s  the  hlood 


•ou 


Slid,  "and  the  feller  c 
door  heeause  it  was 
it  In-fore  I  went  to  Johnny's. 


Idn't  have  eoine  in  the 

locked,  and  1  ha<l  to  unlock 


1  have  not  the  jim- 


jams,  hoys. 
•Ciiie.-s  we 


11  ii.ive  to  pi^e  up  the  mystery,     san 


(1 


the  others,  "though  there's  eno.igh   b.ood^^aro 
t  of  a  thr-e-vear-fild  steer. 

discovere< 

Ih 


hero  to  coir.r  ou 

Since  that  day  nothing  has 
to  what  the  thing  was.  and  no 


been 


und 
1  as 


^^^^^ :h)ctor  was  called  on 

lis"  of  a  white  man  or  an  Indiai 


to  dress  the  woum 

about  that  time.     Franklin  has  gone  over 


to  the 


136         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

pnMt  iiiaioritv,  hut  tlio  iihn-i  Mill  walk*.  The 
jiiw-paipiT  111' II  \v!i(.  !i;i\<'  tak'  II  "Vrr  tlio  hiiilding, 
l.iuk  iipdii  l!i'>  familiar  innrc  i-liiln-opliicaliy  than 
<!i(l  till'  lluil-'in'-  I'.,)v  man. 

'■11.'-  a   ivuiihir  lur-anc.'."   Clark''  will  loll  you 
in    ,oiifi.!cni.'.     "\Vo   licar   (jiirrr   l|Mi.-^^   at    ni;.'ht. 
M'h"  ca-m' Ills  ami   wimlo\v>   ratllc  ami   tho?r   in- 
r.i-nal    m.i(ri>iiw  ^\\i-ll.  hut    iinihin,,'   is  <Aor  n^n. 
Naturally  (h'''mh'"li"l  >pirit.^  liav.-  j-rivih-.'-  that 
oi'linarv'  morlal-  ha\i'  no',  ami   tliis  one  .•^.•cii's   to 
liav.'  jzaiiir,!  a  kun\vlMlp>  .,!'  t!i«>  printing'  hii-mesR 
^uur  we  cam''  li'Tr.      We  ha\''  ivvcr  h.-ii  ahlo  to 
iiu,'.T>t;uul   l:"Nv  <vr!ain   nrtich'S  ;:'it   into  tho  pa- 
prr   nmliT  th''  "M    m.ma^nanont.     Thcro  wa?  one 
,,,lliii-  a  ppiv-miaiive  of   His  Majoty  the  Kin;:. 
'a    hcwhi>kiMV(i    miai-lrnsity."    Ui.tc    was    anollior 
!iliu~in'_'  n  firtain  •••htnr  of  Vanouver  and  nihors 
I'aliiu/f'ail  nf  \M'l!  kuMUii  politicians.     The  ghost 
nui-t  h"  h'hl  arcnuiitahh'  fnr  tlicm.  not  ii«,  for  we 
!•  vrr  wi-!i   to   -ay   a    har-h   won!   a.trainst  anyone. 
And    in   I'ulurr.   ula'ti   anvthing  sca''aing  or   nood- 
ics-lv  ahu-i\c  ai'i'iMi-^  in  th.-  SI'itiil-inl,  wo  can  but 
hlanV"  that   n\\:vv  f.!!n\v— tlie   >:hp-t." 

I>.    s.— Since   tlii-    trutliful    stnry    was   written, 
Kditor  Clarke  has  |j"ne,  hut  the  gho^t  lingers. 


And    C:hcr    Stories. 


137 


My  aiin 
traonliiiiirv ;  sli* 


THK  rUl.MrriVE  hOVKltS. 


,t  was  liorrifiva.     Tlut  wms  n-fi.in?  ox 


had  a   failing'   m 


I  liad  taken  li.T  for  a  suiiuikt  li<.ji'!.> 


tli.it   tlirfiti'Ui. 

V    ti)   (' 


t    of    VillUnllVlT 


on  the  wost  coa 
the    niaddinji   crowd    and 
hijssiis  of   Van(oiiv<r.  wli"  '\>\ 
of  thoir  Vnnhi  an.l  the  fainu'vs  o 
the  sani 


l.^hiiid;  far  from 


1  and  far  fn.m  th.-.-  l.ra/m 
.ay  tlir  nmndni^- 
f  "thfir  h".-iiMi-.  on 


W    V    T    U      And   here   was   an    Indian   l)atliMi,u 
cl.we'to  her  habited  in,  she  bln-he.l  to  say  it,  a  pair 


jf  SOcl<: 


'But,  aunt 


1 


reinar 


■krd, 
A   I 


'yo>i 
lair   o 


o   S(^e 


charminfi  onj^inaluy 

of  a  bathing  suit!     The  man  is  a  g«i 


fail   t 
f   s'K'k-    in    I 


th 


ihice 


iiib 


"I  always 


heard  that  genius  was  akin   to  nia( 


nc«s, 


but  iiero  it  is  allied  to  indeceney,"'  wa 


d- 
hcr 


freezing  retort 


t- 

feetly 

,t  tlie  slightest  idea  that  he 


F',ut  the-e  Indians  are  not  used  to  white  v.si 
or?,"  I  hazarded  ;  '-moreover,  his  aetion  is  ]H'T 
natural,  and  he  has  no 


doing  anv 


sides,  vou  can  turn  your 


face  to  the  "left  and  make 


thin"  to  ofT.'ud  the  proprietit 


yourse 
rather 


'if  believe  that  yon  never  saw 


liiin/'  1  added, 


m 


alieiously,  1  am  fret-  to  admit 


"Algernon,"  s 


in  the  ribs  with  her  para 


he  retorted,   poking   me  ])layfully 
sol,  "I  bometimrs  think 


that  you  are  very 


very  coarse.      I  warned  your  dear 


ii 

I  i 


1 38  TIic    Dashing'    Sally    Duel 

rnntli'T  nf  t]i;it  f.iiliii.;.'  in  yuir  f.itl'.rr,  but  >ho  would 
li-tf'ii  \n  no  u.irriiii'.'  ffi'iii  mi'. 

I  1;iu;:!m<I  hiMrtily  iiii<!  r<i'!i''il : 

"'I'lii'  (  n.i-t  i-  ( li'.ir  ii'iw,  iiiiiitic.  ili'nr.  I''ir  tli--  itn- 
IiiMfMl  ml-kitl  h:i-  lal.'  II  to  thr  \V:it«T.  Sec.  tluT.' 
jilinvc  thf  Mir'"^-:  hi-  (  n-t  fipp'.>r-.  N-'W  nil  tin' 
ranks  of  (iriMnlv  can  ;,'i\('  t'lank-  fnr  Natur.''^ 
rovcriiij:  of  lilii<'." 

'•'Vou  iir(>  iiicnrrJL'ili'f."  six'  an-wcrt'il.  ns  ^ho 
y)i(ko(l  np  Ikt  >ki't(!iinLr  out  lit  and  walkinl  away 
from  that  (laiiLr'Toii-  -]inn'-lin<'. 

Clo'oo-^t'  i-;  a  (harmini:  .-pot  in  \vl:i.]i  to  stuily 
nature,  in  all  her  a-p'rt-i.  witlinut  any  fear  of  ho- 
inir  (listurhn!  hy  thr  .hiip  tripfpcr.     Tlic  stfanuT 

from   Victoria  call<  thr 'r  four  tituc-  a  Tnonth, 

an'l  it  is  seldom  that  white  folks.  othiT  than  the 
luissionary  ami  hi-  family,  are  seen  there.  The 
Indian  viila;:e  is  clean. ■r-lookin,ir  tiian  most  Siwa-^h 
-ctllemcntp  as  a  trihutc  to  frfM'  medicine  and  tho 
Bible.  nn<l  the  pa--;ons  of  the  Indians  ai-e  more 
restrained  than  at  pl.i'cs  wliere  no  self-.-acrificin;.? 
man  of  Cod  ha-  ^'  t  hi-  lint.  I^ut  tho.-e  pas-ions 
are  none  tlie  los-  tlicre.  as  my  aunt  found  out  lie- 
fore  slic  relurned  to  N'ancouver.  Hut  she  '  ad  a 
hiLrhcr  opinion  of  tl.r  native  ;:irl  when  she  pit  h.ick 
tlian  l)cfore  ^he  made  that  summer  excursion,  and 
tliP  reason  can  tie  f.nmd  in  this  -toiy. 


Amon.i:  mv  artistic  treasures.  T  value  very  hii:hly 
an  unpretentiou-  ^^ketch.  hy  my  aunt,  of  an  liulian 
Cirl.  Kwat-ekeriiie  -he  was  called.  She  was  the 
beautv  of  the  Nitinat  trihe.  My  aunt  thoudit  her 
costuino  rathfr  hoM.  hut  so  pictures.pio,  that  she 
for"-ave  the  want  of  drapery  for  the  sake  of  Art. 


Ami    Other    Stories. 


UO 


\--  ;,  nil.'.  lu.li.m  -irl^  at  l.M>t  in  Hriti^l.  VnUun- 
(luitivt'-Inf.kiiv,';   tlim'    i-    too 


I'uU 
tlllK 


thii-l'     W 


lire    iml     ViTV 


•li  dirt  iili  )Ut'tli.ni  to  niiil.T  tln'in  p 


li';|-llP_'    tn 


1.,,  'i,;k,.    1,..  :i    lunll-ht    U|.    to    iin-VS'T    th.' 


iiicrniii;.'  <iU(  -tinii. 

l\\Nil'-rkrMIl.'    \V,1 


1  Ai 

^    wllitiT   tlKlIl    11)1 


.l\i'    Vnll    U-i'i 


.lllil 


W.l-     lIl'illMrd      11- 


UdMI.Ul     II 


N.u 


III 


t  of  liiT  tnW'^. 
a    liii|-li'iu«»' 

lln-      I'.lr,"      \V;l-      I1"t      Ml.lllt' 


(Iflicii;.  Iv     a- 


iHiiutiful   in   Ir.itur.-.  l.wt   iii  .'xpn— inn. 


Itj'k 


IllLlll 


t     \.,1-    ll<  V    IMlf.    •'-' 


no  I 


iii't 
ucri' 


I  l.ni.'ht  a>  till'  ^t,l^.-  al.n\.' 

11' r  t.tili  wi  n'  rnwij  of  prirN. 

ji'nVi't'.li.l   siir  r\rf  ii.v,l.     Til.'  Miry.'  .'f  !i.t 

k    and    tlw   (Mitwanl    ^1«. 


(  'III  (dl-C     lllT    CM 


lin.-i  that  a  painliT  ni 


|,.'    toward-    iIk'    Invast 
_'ht  ra\i'  «if;  t'vin  niy 


nt    wa-   aide   to   ^"  t    -oiin-    id<M   < 


1',.  iicatli  Ikt  thin  ilumiM',    Ikt    >n\: 

niould.d   hr.';!-t.-  SU^'U'.'St.'d    pas-in 


,|-   tlifir  l.i'anty 
l.iit    rirliiv 


n.  whil.'  til'  <  lin; 


MIL' 


,irt  which  luin;r  I'l""'  \^''i-t  '"  '^"' 


ivclmi'--;  w 


!ii(li('\t'r  wav  the 


wind  ti'--i'd 


wore  n 


I)  stiiikinj:-  on  litr  >h  ndcr 


Inn 


r'Ac'  i.'u 
it.      She 
while   No. 


:!V  nt'Ni  r  (li-.i:iii><'( 
liavc  dniali'i 


1   ii   foot    that  Trilhy  n 


not 


n   lovi' 


Kwalsckcrini'  <imo  a>  na 


Inrallv   to  nil 


till'  voun;:  nii'ii  t) 


f   the   tril..'   a- 


ll-lunL'  "1-   ^wini- 


iiiini 


lliT  fatiicr  wa 


Irh.d 


cr 


'row    m 


mi'. 
Ill 


ht  stndv  a  cow   that   lie  wa- 


arkct.  The  lovelier  >h. 


li.auty.  !i>  lie 
fatl.  iiinir  I'lir  the 
Id 


■Ml  w.  till'  ucre  >he  won 


fetch.     A 1  read} 


ilv  he  had   h-t    it  he  knoAn  that  she 


was 


fur'.^ale  t./the  hi-l,.'^t  bidder,      in  that  he  wa>i 


no  \vor>e  than  m 


jnv  a  father  in 


N'.w  York,  I'ari:^ 


U.U     \>oiri-     muii     iii...._ 

and  London  to-day.  A.  a  matter  of  fact,  he  was 
better,  for  it  wa<  the  custom  of  hi>^  tribe  to  demand 
a  eubstuutial  p^e^ont  for  tlie  parents  whenever  a 


1' 


r*'; ; 


,40         Tl.a    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

;:::'\  :.,,ru  ^r  $■  b,.  .1.,.,,  i:,.,„  ,1,0.* 

'f''''''n"''^'iT^J^r.-.    b^     -t:uht  in  the  act. 

,,,    '   ,;     t.nti.msQf  payinpabiphpruWnr    ho 

^,      V  0U.IS  of  W.l ;  wlii«k.y  wa-   n.  ^tn...  m  tradt 
1,  .  !  now   aiil  his  time  wnuhl  coino. 


a    lie 


ll.ilv  1    iiiM>.     "  '■  „,„m..l  111.™  when 

;;i,:n;'j:!r-':t,l  K^A.  a„d  .,0  ..unOIy  rated 


And    Other    Stones. 


141 


.f  '1 

;1S 


10 

the 

I 

oiiniKirfil 


;i';\..nldcaMn.  n.^n^^tun,.  ycn«attac-h^^^^ 
v^-orU^  in  whirl.   i!ie   U!t>T  chclu'.l   witl>  a   uta.ii. 

'""'M'lkw.kl.  wa<  tin.  .m!v  ono  among  tho  ln<han-^ 

that   Su  o     .      k    f.an.i:     The  .hl.'-t   .a,   o,    th. 

^t'h;      n.un,!fa^o^intlu>oy..ofK^vaJ.■k.;^m^ 

1     ua     int.r.-tin..'  to  iuar  thonu  af  .r  .h.   M- 
a"  n>  In,,  l-v.  in  tl,.   fa.bion  ol    K.>!.MaM,.-. 
to  a  Iv  unco.w.iou.  of  the  hi.l.Irn  n^oamni:  ' 
K;;acl.er.huta..>.o,,t,ngln;.hd.>nd>..^ 
Compl.tv  Gimh-  to  Lov.r.    I  .lu  r.atkn. 

"0    tliou    laiiv-t    anion-    womon,       Maku.i 

thiv.  0  my  lovt;,  to  a  c<>n.pimy  of  Iw^ih.-  in   i 
rauir-  I  hariot-."' 

mo   an.l  lio  shall  lio  all  ni-ht  h..f^'.v,.  .n>  l'^->^';- 
Aailor    l'.ni   wouM   dom-h   hi>    t.vth   as   he   .a^^ 

'Mho-i'  damn  fonls  hillin.LT  and  moing. 

0,.onS.tho.u>,ht..ldKwakahalf-.;as^^^^ 
-Mv  medifim'  is  all  -on.,"  uhincd    h.  n  d-k  n 

"cannot  the  whito  n>an  j.n-.,!o  n,o.w,th  nu.o.  for 

mv  stoma-'h  gives  me  great  pain. 

Sailor  Bdltook  him  into  1,,^  eal.n  and  .Imur. 

him  iv  bottles  of  rye  whiskey,  and   udu-pered 

^""uVthi.  is  vmn-  when   K.vat-ek.ri..e  i^  .ni.V'- 
But    Kwaka'wa^    ...   .n.n.h    in    Ins   eu,.   ,   a 

Tiiaht      Thor.'  eame  an  evening,  however,  att.  r  t.it 

?feha,l;vH.™.,i(, <!■>■ '>--j'rU'*''.'£ 

that  a  groat  lliirsi   onnc  ui-"  1^«'"">    ""'' 


*^'^-'(aB;r:-.;;iP''^^r 


jT"^; 


t*-**--^     ' 


■AtVt 


'<^,: 


142         The    Dashing    Sally    Duel 

squaw,  anil  thfy  had  no  moans  to  assuage  it.  Tlie 
old  man  thoujlit  of  tlio  white  man  wlio  dwelt  at 
Sequodah,  and  iis  he  thoufi:ht.  the  de>ire  for  whis- 
key grew  until  he  spoke  his  thoughts  aloud  to  the 
klootchman. 

"Why  should  we  sit  here  in  misery,"  he  asked, 
"while  "the  joy  the  white  man  provides  can  be  had 
for  the  asking?" 

"We  might  get  a  bottle  from  him  to-night  and 
j.romise  him  the  girl,"  said  the  squaw,  "Ijut  it  will 
be  easv  to  refuse  to  hand  her  over  to-morrow." 

Thus  the  woman  tempted  the  redman  and  they 
did  drink  that  night. 

When  Sailor  Bill  came  next  day  for  the  bar- 
gain to  be  carried  out,  Kwaka  was  as  uninteliigfut 
un  Indian  as  it  is  possible  to  meet.  The  whiskey 
seller  understood. 

And  he  bided  his  time. 

Once  again  a  thirst  came  upon  the  evil  couple. 
But  a  visit  to  Sequodah  had  no  results. 

"You  must  bring  the  girl  with  you,"  said  Sailor 
Jack,  "if  you  want  any  more  whiskey." 

One  night  the  brave,  Makwakla,  san-  a  canoe  juit 
out  from  Clo'oose  and  in  it  were  the  redskin  and 
his  wif(;  and  Kwats(  kerine.  He  paddled  after 
them  and  saw  them  land  at  Sequodah  and  knew 
the  awful  thing  which  had  been  done.  And  that 
night  Kwaka  and  his  wife  slept  the  sleep  of  the 
drunken  on  the  fioor  of  the  living  room  of  the 
shack  of  Sailor  Bill,  amid  the  ruins  of  many  bot- 
tles, while  Kwatsckerina  lay  strapped  to  a  bed  with 
a  gag  in  her  mouth.  But  ere  the  morning 
broke,  the  place  of  the  girl  was  taken  on  the  bed 
by  a  form  all  hacked  and  bleeding  while  Makwakla 


^'m,jm.-^-^m 


And    Other    Stories. 


143 


ann  Kuai.korinc  ^v.^o  far  aw.y  u,  Vt.nat  Uke. 
Tth^np  of  the  Mount^un  c^  >-^^^^^ 

ward  l^'N■  ^-'^'l'    ^■  "';•'" J'*',,      h    th.    .•.r.u.n- 
Sailor    .lack.    /.sU^'^'^^^Un^^^^^  ,^^^,^^ 

,v  the  forf.-it  for  a    .  •■      j^    /'^   ^  ^^.^,,  ,„  ,,,r 

,,.,^^,  ,,",  „f  ,lu.   Mountain  "'   ^"["f';,    „,r  the 
ahov.  Nhinat   1-1^^^"'^^  "'ol  "t,- u'"whilo 

tho  canoi-  of  tlie  tnl.e  diila'd  at  tu. 

liill-  1     I      ,u  nii<l  the  -hadows  ilee  away, 

-rntil  tho  ^1»>»rr''V       i  1     an      luui-l   in  hand 

[;:-,-J:trlucS:;e;ri,j;aU«.....cad.. 


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